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Phenotypic profiles of virulence in different Candida species isolated from vulvovaginal infections.
Roumanian archives of microbiology and immunology - 1 Jan 2000
Sârbu Ionela, Pelinescu Diana, Stoica Ileana, Măruţescu Luminiţa, Vassu Tatiana
Abstract excerpt
In order to establish an infection, pathogenic microorganisms have to colonize, survive, multiply, evade the immune system and spread to other tissues [1, 2, 3]. Although some Candida species are normally commensal in humans, in the last decades the frequency and the severity of nosocomial diseases due to Candida strains have increased dramatically [4]. The aim of the present study was to characterize some...
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