Table 4.
Distribution of proteinase, phospholipase and hemolysin among Candida species isolates
| Enzyme | Candida species | No. of isolates | Positive isolates No. (%) |
Negative isolates No. (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proteinase | C. albicans | 53 | 49 (92.5) | 4 (7.5) | 0.004 |
| C. kefyr | 9 | 6 (66.7) | 3 (33.3) | ||
| C. tropicalis | 7 | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | ||
| C. glabrata | 7 | 4 (57.1) | 3 (42.9) | ||
| C. parapsilosis | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | ||
| Total | 79 | 64 (81.0) | 15 (19.0) | ||
| Phospholipae | C. albicans | 53 | 48 (90.6) | 5 (9.4) | 0.0001 |
| C. kefyr | 9 | 7 (77.8) | 2 (22.2) | ||
| C. tropicalis | 7 | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | ||
| C. glabrata | 7 | 2 (28.6) | 5 (71.4) | ||
| C. parapsilosis | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | ||
| Total | 79 | 61 (77.2) | 18 (22.8) | ||
| Hemolysin | C. albicans | 53 | 45 (84.9) | 8 (15.1) | 0.0012 |
| C. kefyr | 9 | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | ||
| C. tropicalis | 7 | 7 (100) | 0 | ||
| C. glabrata | 7 | 6(85.7) | 1(14.3) | ||
| C. parapsilosis | 3 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | ||
| Total | 79 | 62 (78.5) | 17 (21.5) |