Candida parapsilosis Characterization in an Outbreak Setting

Candida parapsilosis Characterization in an Outbreak Setting

Candida parapsilosis is an important non-albicans species which infects hospitalized patients. No studies have correlated outbreak infections of C. parapsilosis with multiple virulence factors. We used DNA fingerprinting to determine genetic variability among isolates from a C. parapsilosis outbreak...

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Main Authors: Duncan M. Kuhn, Pranab K. Mukherjee, Thomas A. Clark, Claude Pujol, Jyotsna Chandra, Rana A. Hajjeh, David W. Warnock, David R. Soll, Mahmoud A. Ghannoum
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2004-06-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Candida parapsilosis
biofilm
adherence
secreted aspartyl proteases
phospholipase
outbreak
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/10/6/03-0873_article

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