In vitro biofilm (BF) formation of Candida albicans (CA) planktonic isolates from urogenital tract (UGT) susceptible (S) and multiresistant (MR) to azoles

摘要

Background: Candida spp are BF producers and are frequently observed in medical devices as in gastrointestinal and urogenital normal flora. There are many reports about an altered phenotype in BF with respect to growth rate, gene transcription and resistance increase, but few reports about BF behavior of susceptible and resistant planktonic isolates from UGT when the BF is fully developed as normal flora or in pathological situations.