title: [Virulence factors for Candida spp recovered from intravascular catheters and hospital workers hands].
abstract: The virulence potential of 23 yeasts recovered from intravascular catheters and the hands of workers in a hospital in the northwestern region of Paraná were evaluated. Yeasts recovered from catheters presented greater adherence and were more hydrophobic (p<0.05) than yeasts recovered from hands. Candida non-albicans species expressed the virulence factors evaluated more intensely.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Análises Clínicas, Hospital Universitário de Maringá, Maringá, PR.
authors.forename: Nathalie Kira
authors.initials: NK
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: Melyssa Fernanda Norman
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Negri
authors.forename: Lucineide Aparecida
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bonassoli
authors.forename: Terezinha Inez Estivalet
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Svidzinski
mesh_terms: D002175:Candida / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002405:Catheterization, Central Venous / Q000295:instrumentation; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000382:microbiology*; D006225:Hand / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D037521:Virulence Factors
chemical_list: D037521:Virulence Factors