Identification, Typing, Antifungal Resistance Profile, and Biofilm Formation of Candida albicans Isolates from Lebanese Hospital Patients

Figure 2

MLST tree. Tree represents 30 isolates chosen from each major subclass generated by ITS sequencing. Note the high bootstrap values implying a high level of confidence in the tree. MLST grouped the resistant strains next to each other implying high sequence relatedness such as that seen with IB085, IB014, and IB105. Furthermore strong biofilm producing strains such as IB109, IB077, IB063, and IB074 were also grouped close to one another. Multidrug resistance indicated here by color coding implies resistance to at least 3 out of the 4 drugs tested.