Antifungal susceptibility testing of Candida tropicalis biofilms against fluconazole using calorimetric indicator resazurin

• Egile Nagusiak: P M Punithavathy (Egilea), K Nalina (Egilea), Thangam Menon (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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Background: C.tropicalis is an important cause of nosocomial infections particularly in immunocompromised patients. Infections caused by Candida spp. are often associated with biofilm formation on implanted medical devices or on epithelial cell surfaces. Phenotypic characteristics of sessile cells i...