Suhail Ahmad:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3492-4781
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Project administrationRole: SupervisionRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Ziauddin Khan: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Project administrationRole:
ResourcesRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Noura Al-Sweih: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: SupervisionRole: Writing – original
draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Wadha Alfouzan: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing
– review & editing
Leena Joseph: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – original draft
Mohammad Asadzadeh:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3270-055X
Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Nafees Ahmad: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
27
October
2020
Publication date Collection: 2020
Volume: 15
Issue: 10
Electronic Location Identifier: e0240426
Affiliations
[001]Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Jabriya, Kuwait
University of Arizona College of Medicine, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-20-14770
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0240426
PMC ID: 7591085
PubMed ID: 33108361
SO-VID: 68394821-7100-4b4d-8696-78222b424be4
Copyright © © 2020 Ahmad et al
License:
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the original author and source are credited.
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004482, Kuwait University;
Award ID: MI 01/15
Award Recipient
:
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3492-4781
Suhail Ahmad
This study was supported by Kuwait University Research Sector grant no. MI 01/15
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Fungi
Subject:
Yeast
Subject:
Candida
Subject:
Candida Albicans
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Medical Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Fungal Pathogens
Subject:
Candida Albicans
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Pathogens
Subject:
Microbial Pathogens
Subject:
Fungal Pathogens
Subject:
Candida Albicans
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Mycology
Subject:
Fungal Pathogens
Subject:
Candida Albicans
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Animal Studies
Subject:
Experimental Organism Systems
Subject:
Yeast and Fungal Models
Subject:
Candida Albicans
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Fungi
Subject:
Yeast
Subject:
Candida
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Drugs
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antifungals
Subject:
Amphotericin
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antifungals
Subject:
Amphotericin
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Mycology
Subject:
Antifungals
Subject:
Amphotericin
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmacology
Subject:
Drugs
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antifungals
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Microbiology
Subject:
Microbial Control
Subject:
Antimicrobials
Subject:
Antifungals
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Mycology
Subject:
Antifungals
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Fungi
Subject:
Yeast
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Molecular Biology
Subject:
Molecular Biology Techniques
Subject:
Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension
Subject:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Molecular Biology Techniques
Subject:
Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension
Subject:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Genetics
Subject:
Heredity
Subject:
Genetic Mapping
Subject:
Haplotypes
Subject:
Physical Sciences
Subject:
Physics
Subject:
States of Matter
Subject:
Fluids