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Table 12 Enzymatic Activity (mm) Exhibited by C. albicans Isolated from Patients with Surgical Wound and Healthy Individuals

From: A comparative study on production of extracellular hydrolytic enzymes of Candida species isolated from patients with surgical site infection and from healthy individuals and their co-relation with antifungal drug resistance

Pz Value

 

Phospholipase

Proteinase

Surgical wound

isolates (n = 54)

Healthy Individual

Isolates (n = 20)

Surgical wound isolates (n = 54)

Healthy Individual

Isolates (n = 20)

< 0.69

++++

25 (54.34)

3 (25.0)

34 (69.38)

2 (14.28)

0.70–0.79

+++

11 (23.91)

5 (41.66)

8 (16.32)

5 (37.71)

0.80–0.89

++

6 (13.04)

3 (25.0)

5 (10.20)

4 (28.57)

0.90–0.99

+

4 (8.69)

1 (8.33)

2 (4.08)

3 (21.42)

1.00

–

8 (14.81)

8 (40.0)

5 (9.25)

7 (30.0)

  1. Pz Value = Enzymatic activity zone, Numbers in parentheses are percentages