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[Investigation of antifungal susceptibilities and some virulence factors of Candida strains isolated from blood cultures and genotyping by RAPD-PCR].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni - 1 Apr 2011
Gültekin Berna, Eyigör Mete, Tiryaki Yasin, Kırdar Sevin, Aydın Neriman
Abstract excerpt
Candidemia is a serious clinical picture with a rather high mortality. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment is crucial in this picture especially in immunocompromised cases. The aims of this retrospective study were to investigate the antifungal susceptibility patterns and to detect the presence of phospholipase, esterase and biofilm production which are excepted as virulence factors of Candida spp. strains...
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