Factores de patogenicidad en "Candida tropicalis"

  1. Galán Ladero, María Ángeles
Zuzendaria:
  1. María Teresa Blanco Roca Zuzendaria
  2. Ciro Pérez Giraldo Zuzendaria

Defentsa unibertsitatea: Universidad de Extremadura

Fecha de defensa: 2014(e)ko ekaina-(a)k 10

Epaimahaia:
  1. Antonio C. Gómez García Presidentea
  2. Beatriz Sacristán Enciso Idazkaria
  3. Alicia Beteta López Kidea
  4. Enrique García Sánchez Kidea
  5. Ignacio Trujillano Martín Kidea

Mota: Tesia

Teseo: 360541 DIALNET

Laburpena

Infections due to opportunistic fungal pathogens have increased significantly in recent years. "Candida" and "Aspergillus" are the most frequent microorganisms isolated from clinical samples. Although "Candida albicans" is the specie of Candida found most frequently, other species different to "Candida albicans" ("Candida glabrata", "Candida tropicalis" and "Candida krusei") are emerging as opportunistic pathogens. The incidence of "C. tropicalis" increased (2.9%) between 1997 and 2003. "Candida" has a number of virulence factors that facilitate colonization and infection in the host. The aim of this thesis was the determination of these virulence factors in "Candida tropicalis".