Insights into Candida tropicalis nosocomial infections and virulence factors

Epidemiology of Invasive Candidiasis: a Persistent Public Health Problem

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The Yeasts. A Taxonomic Study

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Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management Candidiasis: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

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Candida albicans Secreted Aspartyl Proteinases in Virulence and Pathogenesis

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Staphylococcus and biofilms

Götz, F. (2002) · Molecular Microbiology · doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02827.x · Cited by 1,175

Candida biofilms and their role in infection

Douglas, L. J. (2003) · Trends in Microbiology · doi:10.1016/s0966-842x(02)00002-1 · Cited by 1,150

Attributable Mortality of Nosocomial Candidemia, Revisited

Gudlaugsson, O., Gillespie, S., Lee, K., Berg, J. V., Hu, J., Messer, S., Herwaldt, L., Pfaller, M., & Diekema, D. (2003) · Clinical Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1086/378745 · Cited by 1,140

Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes

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Candida Infections of Medical Devices

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Candida and candidiasis.

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Epidemiology of Candida species infections in critically ill non-immunosuppressed patients

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Potential Role of Phospholipases in Virulence and Fungal Pathogenesis

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Medically Important Fungi: A Guide to Identification

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Candida Infections of the Genitourinary Tract

Achkar, J. M., & Fries, B. C. (2010) · Clinical Microbiology Reviews · doi:10.1128/cmr.00076-09 · Cited by 736

Non-albicans Candida spp. causing fungaemia: pathogenicity and antifungal resistance

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Medically important fungi: A guide to identification

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Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Candidiasis: 2009 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

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Plate method for detection of phospholipase activity inCandida albicans

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Candida and Candidiasis

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Contamination, Disinfection, and Cross-Colonization: Are Hospital Surfaces Reservoirs for Nosocomial Infection?

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Biofilm matrix of Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis: chemical composition and role in drug resistance

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How to build a biofilm: a fungal perspective

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Epidemiology of Candidemia in Brazil: a Nationwide Sentinel Surveillance of Candidemia in Eleven Medical Centers

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Epidemiology of Candidaemia in Europe: Results of 28-Month European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM) Hospital-Based Surveillance Study

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Prospective Multicenter Surveillance Study of Funguria in Hospitalized Patients

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Biofilms of non-Candida albicans Candida species: quantification, structure and matrix composition

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The changing face of epidemiology of invasive fungal disease in Europe

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Candidaemia in Europe: epidemiology and resistance

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Relative frequency of albicans and the various non-albicans Candida spp among candidemia isolates from inpatients in various parts of the world: a systematic review

Falagas, M. E., Ρούσσος, Ν., & Vardakas, K. Z. (2010) · International Journal of Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1016/j.ijid.2010.04.006 · Cited by 346

Candida tropicalis: its prevalence, pathogenicity and increasing resistance to fluconazole

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Epidemiological trends in nosocomial candidemia in intensive care

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Adherence and biofilm formation of non-Candida albicans Candida species

Silva, S., Negri, M., Henriques, M., Oliveira, R., Williams, D. W., & Azeredo, J. (2011) · Trends in Microbiology · doi:10.1016/j.tim.2011.02.003 · Cited by 304

Candida Species Exhibit Differential In Vitro Hemolytic Activities

Luo, G., Samaranayake, L. P., & Yau, J. Y. Y. (2001) · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · doi:10.1128/jcm.39.8.2971-2974.2001 · Cited by 282

Epidemiology of opportunistic fungal infections in Latin America

Nucci, M., Queiroz‐Telles, F., Tobón, A. M., Restrepo, A., & Colombo, A. L. (2010) · Clinical Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1086/655683 · Cited by 280

Production of a Hemolytic Factor by Candida albicans

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Candidemia and candiduria in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care units in France: incidence, molecular diversity, management and outcome

Bougnoux, M.-E., Kac, G., Aegerter, P., d’Enfert, C., Fagon, J.-Y., & CandiRea Study Group (2008) · Intensive Care Medicine · doi:10.1007/s00134-007-0865-y · Cited by 224

Nosocomial Candiduria: A Review

Weinstein, R. A., Lundstrom, T., & Sobel, J. (2001) · Clinical Infectious Diseases · doi:10.1086/320531 · Cited by 221

Candiduria in critically ill patients admitted to intensive care medical units

Álvarez-Lerma, F., Nolla‐Salas, J., León, C., Palomar, M., Jordà, R., Carrasco, N., & Bobillo, F. (2003) · Intensive Care Medicine · doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1807-y · Cited by 221

Candida biofilms

Kumamoto, C. A. (2002) · Current Opinion in Microbiology · doi:10.1016/s1369-5274(02)00371-5 · Cited by 217

Biofilm formation in clinical Candida isolates and its association with virulence

Hasan, F., Xess, I., Wang, X., Jain, N., & Fries, B. C. (2009) · Microbes and Infection · doi:10.1016/j.micinf.2009.04.018 · Cited by 206

Candida albicans versus non-albicans intensive care unit-acquired bloodstream infections: differences in risk factors and outcome.

Dimopoulos, G., Ntziora, F., Rachiotis, G., Armaganidis, A., & Falagas, M. E. (2008) · Anesthesia & Analgesia · doi:10.1213/ane.0b013e3181607262 · Cited by 189

Medically important fungi

Larone, D. H. (1994) · Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo · doi:10.1590/s0036-46651994000500016 · Cited by 188

Virulence factors of Candida species.

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Variation in Candida spp. distribution and antifungal resistance rates among bloodstream infection isolates by patient age: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (2008–2009)

Pfaller, M. A., Castanheira, M., Messer, S. A., Moet, G. J., & Jones, R. N. (2010) · Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease · doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2010.06.015 · Cited by 180

Phospholipase and protease activities in clinical Candida isolates with reference to the sources of strains: Phospholipase‐ and Protease‐Aktivitat bei klinischen Candida‐Isolaten mit Bezug zur Herkunft der Stämme

Kantarcioǧlu, A. S., & Yücel, A. (2002) · Mycoses · doi:10.1046/j.1439-0507.2002.00727.x · Cited by 170

Characteristics of biofilm formation by Candida tropicalis and antifungal resistance

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In Vivo Pathogenicity of Eight Medically Relevant Candida Species in an Animal Model

Arendrup, M. C., Horn, T. D., & Møller, J. K. (2002) · Infection · doi:10.1007/s15010-002-2131-0 · Cited by 169

Prospective Observational Study of Candidemia in São Paulo, Brazil: Incidence Rate, Epidemiology, and Predictors of Mortality

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Development of Novel Real-Time PCR Assays for Detection and Differentiation of Eleven Medically Important Aspergillus and Candida Species in Clinical Specimens

Schabereiter‐Gurtner, C., Selitsch, B., Rotter, M. L., Hirschl, A. M., & Willinger, B. (2007) · Journal of Clinical Microbiology · doi:10.1128/jcm.01344-06 · Cited by 160

Identification of Candida species by PCR and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of intergenic spacer regions of ribosomal DNA

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Risk Factors forCandida tropicalisFungemia in Patients with Cancer

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Shifting patterns in the epidemiology of nosocomial Candida infections

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Candidemia due to Candida tropicalis: clinical, epidemiologic, and microbiologic characteristics of 188 episodes occurring in tertiary care hospitals

Nucci, M., & Colombo, A. L. (2007) · Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease · doi:10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2006.11.009 · Cited by 139

Adherence and penetration of vascular endothelium by Candida yeasts

Klotz, S. A., Drutz, D. J., Harrison, J. L., & Huppert, M. (1983) · Infection and Immunity · doi:10.1128/iai.42.1.374-384.1983 · Cited by 136

Risk factors for fatal candidemia caused by Candida albicans and non-albicans Candida species

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Secreted Aspartic Proteinase Family of Candida tropicalis

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Recent experience with fungaemia: change in species distribution and azole resistance

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Biofilm Formation by and Antifungal Susceptibility of Candida Isolates from Urine

Jain, N., Kohli, R., Cook, E., Gialanella, P., Chang, T., & Fries, B. C. (2007) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.02439-06 · Cited by 129

Rapid Identification of Yeasts in Positive Blood Cultures by a Multiplex PCR Method

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Characterization of a haemolytic factor from Candida albicans

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Species distribution and antifungal susceptibility of Candida bloodstream isolates in Kuwait: a 10-year study

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Intensive Care Unit-Acquired Infections: Incidence, Risk Factors and Associated Mortality in a Turkish University Hospital

Koç, M. M., Willke, A., Çağlayan, Ç., & Toker, K. (2005) · Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases · doi:10.7883/yoken.jjid.2005.297 · Cited by 105

Examination of Potential Virulence Factors of Candida tropicalis Clinical Isolates From Hospitalized Patients

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Hospital-Acquired Infections in the NICU: Epidemiology for the New Millennium

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Epidemiology of candidaemia and antifungal susceptibility patterns in an Italian tertiary-care hospital

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Absence of Amphotericin B-Tolerant Persister Cells in Biofilms of Some Candida Species

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Characterization of Agglutinin-like Sequence Genes From Non-albicansCandida and Phylogenetic Analysis of the ALS Family

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Virulence factors of Candida species.

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Colonization and epithelial adhesion in the pathogenesis of neonatal candidiasis

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Cloning and characterization of a gene (LIP1) which encodes a lipase from the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans

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Phospholipase and Proteinase Activities of Clinical Isolates of Candida from Immunocompromised Patients

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Quantitative evaluation of tissue invasion by wild type, hyphal and SAP mutants of Candida albicans, and non‐albicans Candida species in reconstituted human oral epithelium

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Investigation of the possible association between nosocomial candiduria and candidaemia

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Distinct mechanisms of epithelial adhesion for Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis. Identification of the participating ligands and development of inhibitory peptides.

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Phospholipase and Proteinase Activities in Different Candida Species Isolated from Anatomically Distinct Sites of Healthy Adults

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Silicone colonization by non-Candida albicans Candida species in the presence of urine

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Introduction and Historical Perspectives

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PCR‐based identification of pathogenic Candida species using primer mixes specific to Candida DNA topoisomerase II genes

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Candida tropicalis fungaemia: incidence, risk factors and mortality in a general hospital

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Factors associated with candiduria and related mortality

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Enzymatic activities of Candida tropicalis isolated from hospitalized patients

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Candida esophagitis: species distribution and risk factors for infection

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Phospholipase activity of yeasts from wild birds and possible implications for human disease

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The role of secreted aspartyl proteinases in Candida tropicalis invasion and damage of oral mucosa

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Rapid identification of Candida species in oral rinse solutions by PCR

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Rapid Detection of Point Mutations by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer and Probe Melting Curves in Candida Species

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Treatment of Candida infection: a view from the trenches!

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Candida albicans and Candida tropicalis in Oral Candidosis: Quantitative Analysis, Exoenzyme Activity, and Antifungal Drug Sensitivity

da Costa, K. R. C., Ferreira, J. C., Komesu, M. C., & Cândido, R. C. (2008) · Mycopathologia · doi:10.1007/s11046-008-9154-8 · Cited by 50

Anin vitroassay to study the transcriptional response during adherence ofCandida albicansto different human epithelia

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Clonal Population of Flucytosine-ResistantCandida tropicalisfrom Blood Cultures, Paris, France

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Distribution of Candida species in different clinical sources in Delhi, India, and proteinase and phospholipase activity of Candida albicans isolates.

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Consensus statement on the management of invasive candidiasis in Intensive Care Units in the Asia-Pacific Region

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In Vitro Evaluation of Putative Virulence Attributes of Oral Isolates of Candida spp. Obtained from Elderly Healthy Individuals

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Candidemia on presentation to the hospital: development and validation of a risk score

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The pathogenicity of Candida tropicalis

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Fatores de virulência de Candida spp isoladas de cateteres venosos e mãos de servidores hospitalares

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Candida tropicalisbiofilms: artificial urine, urinary catheters and flow model

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