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Methods: This study included 100 Candida isolates obtained from patients hospitalized in intensive care units. Standard microbiological and molecular methods were employed for species identification. Virulence factors were determined through protease, phospholipase, hemolysis, and biofilm activity assays per-formed on the Candida strains. The EUCAST liquid microdilution method was used to assess antifungal susceptibility. Results: Based on sequencing results, 39 isolates were identified as Candida albicans and 61 as non-albicans Candida species. The accuracy of species identification was found to be 71% for Chromagar Candida and 87% for the MALDI-TOF MS system, compared to sequencing. Protease activity was positive in 52% of the isolates, phospholipase in 42%, hemolytic activity in 77%, and biofilm formation in 48%. Kruskal\u2013Wallis analysis revealed no statistically significant interspecies differences in MIC distributions for amphotericin B, fluconazole, itraconazole, or nystatin (p &gt; 0.05), although species-specific trends were observed, with higher fluconazole MICs in C. albicans and lower MIC values in C. tropicalis.\u00a0 Conclusions: Determining the distribution of Candida species, as well as their virulence factors and antifungal MIC profiles, is of great importance for developing appropriate treatment strategies and reducing related morbidity and mortality.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/antibiotics15020197","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,10]],"date-time":"2026-02-10T15:23:14Z","timestamp":1770736994000},"page":"197","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Molecular Identification, Virulence Factors, and Antifungal Susceptibility Profiles of Candida Isolates from Clinical Samples of Intensive Care Patients"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0003-6517-0596","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zeynep","family":"\u00c7elik","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0272-5131","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"\u0130brahim Halil","family":"K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biology, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Gaziantep University, Gaziantep 27310, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Semih","family":"Tokak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Konya Chamber of Commerce Karatay University, Konya 42020, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fatma","family":"Esenkaya Ta\u015fbent","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya 42090, T\u00fcrkiye"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,2,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"18026","DOI":"10.1038\/nrdp.2018.26","article-title":"Invasive Candidiasis","volume":"4","author":"Pappas","year":"2018","journal-title":"Nat. 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