Table 4.

Biofilm production from C. parapsilosis complex species isolated from different clinical sites

	C. parapsilosis			C. metapsilosis			C. orthopsilosis
	N	Mean Abs ± SD	Range	N	Mean Abs ± SD	Range	N	Mean Abs ± SD	Range
Blood (N = 64)	62	0.415 ± 0.625	0.009–3.093	1	0.055	0.055–0.055	1	0.304	0.304–0.304
Urine (N = 31)	29	0.770 ± 0.949	0.016–3.903	1	0.094	0.094–0.094	1	0.564	0.564–0.564
Auricular sample (N = 43)	39	0.347 ± 0.347	0.003–1.559	3	0.080 ± 0.056	0.031–0.142	1	0.191	0.191–0.191
Respiratory tract (N = 4)	4	0.804 ± 0.615	0.172–1.612	0	0	0	0	0	0
Catheter (N = 9)	9	0.611 ± 0.562	0.080–1.776	0	0	0	0	0	0
Skin (N = 8)	7	0.334 ± 0.372	0.044–1.070	1	0.061	0.061–0.061	0	0	0
Nails (N = 2)	2	0.953 ± 1.303	0.032–1.875	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oral cavity (N = 3)	3	1113 ± 0,718	0.283–1.547	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vagina (N = 1)	1	0.824	0.824–0.824	0	0	0	0	0	0
Peritoneal fluid (N = 1)	1	0.263	0.263–0.263	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hand carriage (N = 16)	15	0.182 ± 0.174	0.021–0.482	0	0	0	1	0.145	0.145–0.145
Total (N = 182)	172	0.475 ± 0.633	0.003–3.903	6	0.075 ± 0.038	0.031–0.142	4	0.301 ± 0.187	0.145–0.564

N: number of tested isolates

n: number of isolates with positive activity for the corresponding hydrolytic enzyme

SD: standard deviation