background: lichen planus is a common mucocutaneous disease with unknown etiology. immunodeficiency is a known predisposing factor to this disease. oral candidiasis which is an opportunistic fungal infection, commonly affects healthy and immune-compromised patients. candida has different species bearing different treatments. in this study, researchers aimed to detect the frequency and colonizat...

INTRODUCTION The aim of study was to investigate the virulence factors of phospholipase, proteinase, esterase production and biofilm formation in Candida species isolated from patients with candidemia, and to assess their relationship with Candida genotypes derived after repetitive sequence-based polymerase chain reaction (rep-PCR) fingerprinting. METHODOLOGY Fifty-two strains were identified...

Abstract Background: Candidemia is the main cause of fungal nosocomial bloodstream infections and is related to meaningful mortality specially, in pediatrics. Mortality rate range from 5% to 71%, and it can reach as high as 81%. Delays in beginning of treatment have also been linked to intensified mortality. The epidemiology of Candida infection is changing from region to region. Regiona...

Background and objectives: The incidence of candiduria caused by Candida spp. has increased in recent years, particularly in hospitalized patients. Candiduria is most commonly caused by Candida albicans; however, an increase in the prevalence of non-albicans species has been observed during last decades. This study aimed at molecular identification of Candida species isolated from candiduria in...

background: pediatric patients on chemotherapy are vulnerable to invasive fungal infection especially candida spices. resistance to antifungal agents has increased in candida spp., especially in non-albicans species. this study aims to assess the susceptibility of candida spp. strains isolated from children with acute leukemia less than 18 years. materials and methods: this prospective cross-se...

background and objectives : over the last two decades, both the incidence of nosocomial candidaemia and the proportion of blood stream infection due to candida spp. other than candida albicans have increased. the aims of this study was to identify different species of candida and risk factors associated with bloodstream infection and detection of biofilm production. materials and methods : this...

background. opportunistic fungal infections like candidiasis are common in the oral cavity. in recent years candida species have shown resistance against a number of synthetic drugs. this study assessed the antifungal activity of centratherum anthelminticum and ocimum sanctum seed oils against six common pathogenic candida strains. synergistic activity of the major oil components was also studi...

Background and Purpose: By using advanced detection/identification methods, the list of emerging uncommon opportunistic yeast infections is rapidly expanding worldwide. Our aim in the present study was sequence-based species delineation of previously unidentified yeasts obtained from a clinically yeast collection. Materials and Methods: A total of twenty three out of the 855 (5.7%) yeast isolat...

background and objectives: vulvovaginal candidiasis is a common fungal infection among women during reproductive ages. although, candida albicans is accounted as the main etiologic agent of vaginitis, non- albicans species have arisen during last years. resistant to antifungal drugs especially, fluconazole has been more reported by researchers from around the world. the aims of this study were ...