Article
Isolation and identification of Candida species in patients with orogastric cancer: susceptibility to antifungal drugs, attributes of virulence in vitro and immune response phenotype.
BMC infectious diseases - 23 Feb 2016
de Sousa Lourimar Viana Nascimento F, Santos Vera Lúcia, de Souza Monteiro Andrea, Dias-Souza Marcus Vinicíus, Marques Sirlei Garcia, de Faria Elaine Speziali, Assunção Elaine Alves de Oliveira, Dos Santos Simone Gonçalves, Zonis Juan Moises, de Alvarenga Daniel Gomes, de Holanda Rodrigo Assunção, de Sousa Jaqueline Gontijo, Dos Santos Kênia Valéria, Stoianoff Maria Aparecida de Resende
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Because of the inherent immunosuppression of cancer patients opportunistic infections by Candida spp, occur frequently. This study aimed to identify Candida species in the oral mucosa of 59 patients with orogastric cancer (OGC) and to analyze the immunological phenotype of these patients. METHODS: The yeasts were identified by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MS). For all isolates, we performed...
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