Table 2.

Fluorescent cell percentage of yeasts treated with CaThi^a

Yeasts species	Sample	Cell number viewed in DIC	Cell number viewed in fluorescence	% of fluorescence cellsb
C. albicans	control	62.0 ± 9.3	0.6 ± 0.8	0.9
	CaThi	20.0 ± 5.0	16.6 ± 5.3	83.0
C. tropicalis	control	41.2 ± 4.2	0.8 ± 1.3	1.9
	CaThi	9.8 ± 4.9	4.8 ± 4.6	48.9
C. parapsilosis	control	79.2 ± 12.1	0	0
	CaThi	18.2 ± 5.4	6.2 ± 1.4	34.0
C. pelliculosa	control	23.8 ± 3.5	0	0
	CaThi	7.2 ± 1.9	6.6 ± 2.3	91.6
C. buinensis	control	43.6 ± 9.0	0.8 ± 1.3	1.8
	CaThi	13.6 ± 6.2	6.2 ± 1.3	45.5
C. mogii	control	18.6 ± 3.2	0.6 ± 0.8	3.2
	CaThi	8.6 ± 2.0	4.4 ± 2.7	51.1

^aCells number determination in five random fields of the DIC and fluorescence views of the samples obtained from Plasma membrane permeabilization assay. The total cell number in DIC of each yeast (in control and test) was assumed as 100 %

^bIndicates significance by the T test (P < 0.05) among the experiments and their respective controls