[Virulence factors for Candida spp recovered from intravascular catheters and hospital workers hands].
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.
Tamura
Nathalie Kira
NK
Laboratório de Análises Clínicas, Hospital Universitário de Maringá, Maringá, PR.
Negri
Melyssa Fernanda Norman
MF
Bonassoli
Lucineide Aparecida
LA
Svidzinski
Terezinha Inez Estivalet
TI
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
D037521:Virulence Factors