Antifungal Susceptibility Patterns, In Vitro Production of Virulence Factors, and Evaluation of Diagnostic Modalities for the Speciation of Pathogenic Candida from Blood Stream Infections and Vulvovaginal Candidiasis

Table 4

Production of various virulence factors among Candida spp.

Virulence; factors	C. albicans (𝑁=39); 𝑛 (%)	C. tropicalis (𝑁=30); 𝑛 (%)	C. parapsilosis (13); 𝑛 (%)	C. glabrata (9); 𝑛 (%)	C. krusei (3); 𝑛 (%)	Cumulative non-albicans Candida (55)	𝑃 value	Blood; 𝑛 (%); total = 48	High-vaginal; 𝑛 (%); total = 46	𝑃 value
Proteinase	6 (15)	14 (48)	0	2 (22)	1 (33)	17 (31)	0.095	17 (35)	6 (13)	0.017
Phospholipase	14 (36)	0	1 (7)	0	0	1 (2)	<0.01	2 (4)	13 (28)	0.001
Esterase	8 (20)	13 (45)	2 (14)	0	0	15 (27)	0.478	15 (31)	8 (17)	0.103
Biofilm production	24 (60)	18 (62)	5 (35)	2 (22)	0	25 (45)	0.295	24 (52)	25 (54)	0.530