Diferenciaçäo de cepas de Candida albicans pelo sistema killer / Differentiation of Candida albicans strains by the killer system
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
; 28(4): 321-4, Oct.-Dec. 1995. tab
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ABSTRACT
The authors studied the killer effect of nine standard strains of yeasts on 146 samples of Candida albicans isolated from the following clinical specimens oral mucosa, feces, bronchial wash, sputum, vaginal secretion, urine, skin lesion, nail lesion and blood. Using this system it was possible to differentiate 23 biotypes of Candida albicans. The biotypes 211, 111 and 811 were most frequently isolated. Most of the samples of C. albicans (98.6 per cent) were sensitive to at least one or more of the nine killer strains. Using the killer system it was possible to show that two patients harbored the same killer biotypes, 111 and 211, respectively, in different clinical specimens and another patient harbored the same biotype (211) in bloodcultures effected in different ocasions. The utilization of the killer system to differentiate types among species of pathogenic yeasts can be a useful method to establish the eventual source of infection, and it is a valuable tool to control and watch for nosocomial infections caused by yeasts.
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Index:
LILACS
Main subject:
Candida albicans
/
Fungal Proteins
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Mycotoxins
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Pt
Journal:
Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop
Journal subject:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
Year:
1995
Type:
Article