TABLE 1.
C. dubliniensis and C. albicans isolates used in this study
| Yeast species and country of isolation | No. of isolates | Chlamydospore production (no. of isolates)
|
Source or reference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SA
|
CAF
|
RAT
|
||||||
| + | − | + | − | + | − | |||
| C. dubliniensisa | ||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 |
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25 |
| Belgium | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| Canada | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| France | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | This study |
| Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 |
| Greece | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| India | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | This study |
| Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Ireland | 41 | 36 | 5 | 36 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 16, 25, this study |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | This study |
| Malta | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | This study |
| Norway | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | This study |
| Spain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| United Kingdom | 18 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 16 |
| United States | 22 | 20 | 2 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 15, this study |
| Total | 130 | 111 | 19 | 109 | 21 | 130 | 0 | |
| C. albicansa | ||||||||
| Australia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Ireland | 61 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 61 | 0 | 16, this study |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| United States | 96 | 0 | 96 | 0 | 96 | 96 | 0 | 15 |
| Total | 166 | 0 | 166 | 0 | 166 | 166 | 0 | |