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Postantifungal Effect of Micafungin against the Species Complexes of Candida albicans and Candida parapsilosis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Micafungin is an effective antifungal agent useful for the therapy of invasive candidiasis. Candida albicans is the most common cause of invasive candidiasis; however, infections due to non-C.
Sandra Gil-Alonso +3 more
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INCREASE IN CANDIDA PARAPSILOSIS CANDIDEMIA IN CANCER PATIENTS [PDF]
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases, 2019 Background: This study aimed to identify the risk factors of candidemia and asses possible clinically significant differences between Candida parapsilosis and other candida species among cancer patients. Methods: A retrospective study was conducted in
Mingyue Sun +5 more
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Clinical characteristics of patients with candida parapsilosis fungemia
Journal of Global Antimicrobial ResistanceINTRODUCTION: Candida parapsilosis is one of the main candida species isolated in hospital settings, and seriously affecting human health. The aim of this study is to reveal the clinical characteristics of patients hospitalized in our hospital with C ...
Safiye Tasgin +3 more
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Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2017 We describe a case of breakthrough Candida parapsilosis fungemia in an 80-year-old woman with pyoderma gangrenosum and rheumatoid arthritis. C. parapsilosis was detected in blood culture while the patient was treated with micafungin for a Candida ...
Yuta Norimatsu +6 more
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Microsatellite Genotyping of Candida parapsilosis Clinical Isolates
Current Medical Mycology, 2017 Background and Purpose: Candida parapsilosis is a predominant species found in nosocomial infection, particularly in hospitalized patients. The molecular epidemiology of the clinical strains of this species has not been well studied.
Hamid Badali +8 more
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Dependence on Mincle and Dectin-2 Varies With Multiple Candida Species During Systemic Infection
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 More than 95% of invasive Candida infections are caused by four Candida spp. (C. albicans, C. glabrata, C. tropicalis, C. parapsilosis). C-type lectin-like receptors (CLRs), such as Dectin-1, Dectin-2, and Mincle mediate immune responses to C.
Aiysha Thompson +12 more
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IDCases, 2019 Although Candida species are common pathogens for nosocomial infections, Candida endocarditis is still considered a rare entity. Here, we report two cases of Candida parapsilosis endovascular infections in patients with prosthetic valves, both of which ...
Tania Ahuja, Karen Fong, Eddie Louie
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Degradation of human kininogens with the release of kinin peptides by extracellular proteinases of Candida spp. [PDF]
, 2010 The secretion of proteolytic enzymes by pathogenic microorganisms is one of the most successful strategies used by pathogens to colonize and infect the host organism.
Andrzej Kozik +16 more
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Epidemiology of Candidemia in Children over 7 Years in a Medical Center in Turkey
Microbiology Spectrum, 2021 The aims of the study were to describe Candida species in children with candidemia, to determine the changing epidemiology of candidemia over time in our tertiary care hospital, and to examine the demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with
Dilek Yılmaz-Ciftdoğan +8 more
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Acta Biologica Slovenica, 2020 Candida species are the cause of approximately two million cases of candidiasis yearly worldwide, and are frequently involved in life-threatening infections.
Monika Novak Babič, Nina Gunde-Cimerman
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