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Biotyping and virulence properties of skin isolates of Candida parapsilosis.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Nov 1999
De Bernardis F, Mondello F, San Millàn R, Pontòn J, Cassone A
Abstract excerpt
The biotype and virulence of skin isolates of Candida parapsilosis were compared with blood isolates of the same fungus. Morphotype, resistotype, and electrophoretic karyotype determinations did not reveal any special cluster with a unique or dominant pathogenic feature among all of the isolates, regardless of their source. However, all cutaneous isolates had uniformly elevated secretory aspartyl-protease (Sap)...
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