Research Article

Analysis of Biofilm-Related Genes and Antifungal Susceptibility Pattern of Vaginal Candida albicans and Non-Candida albicans Species

Table 3

Presence of virulence genes in biofilm-producing Candida species resistant to fluconazole and itraconazole.

Presence of virulence genesBiofilm-producing species and FLC1Biofilm-producing species and ITC2
ResistantResistant

ALS17 (26%)5 (18.5%)
ALS39 (25%)5 (14%)
HWP110 (29.4%)4 (11.8%)
ALS1, ALS3, and HWP17 (27%)4 (15.4%)

1FLC: fluconazole. 2ITC: itraconazole.