Article
Phenotypic aspects of oral strains of Candida albicans in children with Down's syndrome.
Brazilian journal of biology = Revista brasleira de biologia - 1 Aug 2006
Ribeiro E L, Scroferneker M L, Cavalhaes M S, Campos C C, Nagato G M, Souza N A, Ferreira W M, Cardoso C G, Dias S M S, Pimenta F C, Toledo O A
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this article is to characterize the biological aspects of oral strains of C. albicans in children with Down's syndrome. These yeasts were analyzed as to their macromorphological and enzymatic aspects and were tested as to their in vitro susceptibility to antifungal drugs using broth microdilution to determine the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC). The morphotyping revealed that all oral C....
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