Incidence, antifungal resistance properties, and virulence traits of candida species isolated from HIV/AIDS Patients from the hospital system in Kenya.
Abstract:Candidiasis is the most common fungal infection in hospitalized patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome resulting to morbidity and mortality. This study is aimed at characterizing, incidence, susceptibility, resistance genes, antibiofilm activity, and virulence traits of Candida species isolated from HIV-Infected patients. One hundred and eighty-one samples were collected and cultured on Sabouraud Dextrose Agar, biochemical tests and confirmed using automated Vitek-2 ® Compact bioMérieux followed by … Show more
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