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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY
Volume 48, Issue 1, Pages 207-210Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.3109/13693780902801242
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Candida tropicalis; hemolysins; aspartyl proteinases; phospholipases; esterases
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- Junta de Extremadura, Spain [SCSS066]
- CEBER BBN, Badajoz, Spain
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Secretion of hydrolytic enzymes is considered a virulence factor in Candida spp. Extracellular enzymatic activities in 29 clinical isolates of Candida tropicalis were analyzed by plate assays. C. tropicalis, similar to Candida albicans, showed elevated hemolytic and esterase activities. However, unlike C. albicans, low aspartyl protease and very low phospholipase activities were detected in C. tropicalis isolates.
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