Cell surface hydrophobicity of Candida albicans isolated from elder patients undergoing denture-related candidosis.

Background: The virulence potential of Candida albicans strains enrolled in denture-related candidosis still remains uncertain. Candida albicans cells with higher cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) rates, so-called hydrophobic, present higher adhesion success in different host tissues than cells with lower rates, or even hydrophilic.

Objective: The proposition of this study was to evaluate the differences in the CSH of strains isolated from denture users with and without denture-related candidosis.