Influence of subinhibitory antifungal concentrations on extracellular hydrolases and biofilm production by Candida albicans recovered from Egyptian patients

Table 2 Effect of antifungal subinhibitory concentrations on biofilm production (OD₅₉₀) of C. albicans biofilm- producing isolates

Biofilm formation	Control	NYS	FLU	MCF
Median	0.256	0.177	0.214	0.182
Range	0.1555–1.1165	0.116–0.869	0.135–1.003	0.125–0.906
% Reduction		−30.86%	−16.41%	−28.91%
p-value*		< 0.001	0.884	0.023

*p-values of less than 0.05 (in bold) were counted statistically significant
NYS Nystatin, FLU Fluconazole, MCF Micafungin

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