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Tuberculosis
Research from Bharathidasan University in the area of tuberculosis published
June 9th, 2009
According to recent research published in the Journal de Mycologie Medicale, "- Candida spp. are the most common opportunistic fungal pathogens in humans. Oral Candida infection has been reported to be increased with pulmonary tuberculosis patients." "Extracellular hydrolytic enzymes seem to play an important role in candida over-growth. - To determine the enzymatic activity and to investigate the distribution of phospholipase C (PLC) gene among the Candida isolates from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and non tuberculosis patients. - The study involved a total of 62 isolates of Candida from patients with pulmonary tuberculosis (37) and non tuberculosis...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-06-09)
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