Ethanol is one of the products of the metabolism of glucose by Candida albicans. The amount produced is directly related to the concentration of glucose in the medium. The fungus utilizes ethanol as a sole source of carbon but is relatively intolerant of ethanol in its environment. Ethanol induces germ tube formation by blastoconidia of C. albicans. Germination was not seen under fermentation conditions even though the amount of ethanol produced was in the range form stress proteins that are similar to heat shock proteins. The possibility that stress proteins may regulate germ tube formation by C. albicans is discussed.

Candida spp have been one of the co-infection challenges facing the patients suffering frompulmonary tuberculosis 300 clinical specimen of sputa and oral swabs were collected from hospitalized tuberculosis patients for isolation of Candida spp. The patients were divided into two (2)

The study investigated the prevalence of Candida species among HIV positive patients in two tertiary hospitals in Rivers State. A total of 300 samples of sputum, throat swab and high vaginal swab samples were obtained from HIV positive patients attending Braithwaite Memorial Specialist Hospital (BMSH) and the

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