Table 2.
Comparison of virulence properties between the UAE strains, Finland strains and the saliva strains with reference strains; C. albicans (ATCC90028) and C. parapsilosis (ATCC 22019)
| Strain | N | CV assay Mean (SD) |
p value | XTT assay Mean (SD) |
p value | Phospholipase Mean (SD) |
p value | Haemolysin Mean (SD) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
C. albicans ATCC 90028 |
1 | 3.67(0.25) | 1.43(0.34) | 0.46(0.06) | 0.51(0.02) | ||||
|
C. parapsilosis ATCC 22019 |
1 | ND | ND | 1.00 | 1.00 | ||||
|
UAEa,b C. albicans |
4 | 2.69 (1.38) |
0.69 NS |
1.07(0.71) |
0.74 NS |
0.46(0.08) | 0.035c | 0.53(0.13) | 0.023c |
|
Finlanda C. albicans |
4 | 2.94 (1.03) | 0.81 (0.51) | 0.64 (0.10) | 0.56(0.01) | ||||
|
Salivab C. albicans |
4 | 2.29 (0.50) | 0.83 (0.18) | 0.61(0.07) | 0.49(0.04) |
a,cSignificant at p < 0.05 (ANOVA) for phospholipase
b,cSignificant at p < 0.05 (ANOVA) for haemolysin
N, number of strains; ND, not done; NS, not significant