MLST DSTs, allelic profiles and ABC genotypes of C. albicans isolates recovered from OL patients and healthy oral carriers.

aWith regard to isolates recovered from CL and NCL patients, the numeral part of the isolate name refers to the corresponding patient numbers shown in Table 1, column one (e.g. isolate CL10 was recovered from patient 10). Isolates CL12 and CL122 were recovered from two separate CL lesions in patient 12. CL and NCL isolates were recovered from lesional swabs, whereas OC isolates were recovered from oral rinse samples.bMLST clades defined according to Odds et al. [17].cABC genotypes were assigned based on the presence or absence of an intron in the 25S rRNA gene [14].dTwo CL patients included in this study (patients 08 and 14, Table 1) developed squamous cell carcinoma at the lesional site within a two-year follow up period. Isolate CL14 (patient 14) and isolate CL08 (patient 8) belonged to ABC genotypes C and A, respectively.Abbreviations: DST, diploid sequence type; CC, clonal complex; Htz, number of heterozygous sites; CL, Candida leukoplakia; NCL, non-Candida leukoplakia; OC, oral carriage; S, singleton.