Candida albicans - Biology, molecular characterization, pathogenicity, and advances in diagnosis and control – An update

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Candida albicans Secreted Aspartyl Proteinases in Virulence and Pathogenesis

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Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes

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Azole Antifungal Resistance in Candida albicans and Emerging Non-albicans Candida Species

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Oral Candidiasis in High-Risk Patients as the Initial Manifestation of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

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Suppression of Hyphal Formation in Candida albicans by Mutation of a STE12 Homolog

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First hospital outbreak of the globally emerging Candida auris in a European hospital

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Aneuploidy and Isochromosome Formation in Drug-Resistant Candida albicans

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Finding the “Missing 50%” of Invasive Candidiasis: How Nonculture Diagnostics Will Improve Understanding of Disease Spectrum and Transform Patient Care

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Vulvovaginal candidiasis: Epidemiology, microbiology and risk factors

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Candida albicans: A molecular revolution built on lessons from budding yeast

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Epidemiology and Predictors of Mortality in Cases of Candida Bloodstream Infection: Results from Population-Based Surveillance, Barcelona, Spain, from 2002 to 2003

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Epidemiology, management, and risk factors for death of invasive Candida infections in critical care: A multicenter, prospective, observational study in France (2005–2006)

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Environmental Sensing and Signal Transduction Pathways Regulating Morphopathogenic Determinants of Candida albicans

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Candida albicans, a major human fungal pathogen

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T2 Magnetic Resonance Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of Candidemia in Whole Blood: A Clinical Trial

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Epidemiology and Outcomes of Invasive Candidiasis Due to Non-albicans Species of Candida in 2,496 Patients: Data from the Prospective Antifungal Therapy (PATH) Registry 2004–2008

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The Ins and Outs of DNA Fingerprinting the Infectious Fungi

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The Candida Pathogenic Species Complex

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Effect of silver nanoparticles on Candida albicans biofilms: an ultrastructural study

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Genetic and phenotypic intra-species variation in Candida albicans

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An iron homeostasis regulatory circuit with reciprocal roles in Candida albicans commensalism and pathogenesis

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Host carbon sources modulate cell wall architecture, drug resistance and virulence in a fungal pathogen

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Molecular Phylogenetics of Candida albicans

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Passage through the mammalian gut triggers a phenotypic switch that promotes Candida albicans commensalism

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Declining incidence of candidemia and the shifting epidemiology of Candida resistance in two US metropolitan areas, 2008–2013: results from population-based surveillance

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Changing Incidence of Candida Bloodstream Infections Among NICU Patients in the United States: 1995–2004

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Metabolism impacts upon Candida immunogenicity and pathogenicity at multiple levels

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