An Update on Candida tropicalis Based on Basic and Clinical Approaches

DL Zuza-Alves, WP Silva-Rocha… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Candida tropicalis has emerged as one of the most important Candida species. It has been
widely considered the second most virulent Candida species, only preceded by C. albicans …

Combination therapy to treat fungal biofilm-based infections

J Tits, BPA Cammue, K Thevissen - International Journal of Molecular …, 2020 - mdpi.com
An increasing number of people is affected by fungal biofilm-based infections, which are
resistant to the majority of currently-used antifungal drugs. Such infections are often caused …

A Re-Evaluation of the Relationship between Morphology and Pathogenicity in Candida Species

D Kadosh, V Mundodi - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Many pathogenic Candida species possess the ability to undergo a reversible
morphological transition from yeast to filamentous cells. In Candida albicans, the most …

Size-dependent activity of silver nanoparticles on the morphological switch and biofilm formation of opportunistic pathogenic yeasts

B Szerencsés, N Igaz, Á Tóbiás, Z Prucsi, A Rónavári… - BMC microbiology, 2020 - Springer
Background Dimorphism and biofilm formation are important virulence factors of some
opportunistic human pathogenic yeasts. Such species commensally colonize skin or …

Mechanism of Action of Novel Pyrazole Carboxamide Containing a Diarylamine Scaffold against Rhizoctonia solani

Y Zhao, N Yang, Y Deng, K Tao, H Jin… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
In the last few decades, Rhizoctonia solani causing rice sheath blight has resulted in a lot of
economic losses in the world. Therefore, many novel pyrazole carboxamide fungicides have …

Candida pathogenicity and interplay with the immune system

N Valand, UV Girija - Microbial Pathogenesis: Infection and Immunity, 2021 - Springer
Candida species are opportunistic fungal pathogens that are part of the normal skin and
mucosal microflora. Overgrowth of Candida can cause infections such as thrush or life …

Real-time PCR detection of Candida species in biopsy samples from non-smokers with oral dysplasia and oral squamous cell cancer: a retrospective archive study

B İlhan, C Vural, C Gürhan, C Vural, A Veral… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The current investigation utilized Real-Time PCR to detect the presence of
five distinct Candida sp. in oral biopsy tissue samples obtained from non-smoker patients …

Oropharyngeal candidiasis in head and neck cancer patients in Iran: Species identification, antifungal susceptibility and pathogenic characterization

Z Jahanshiri, S Manifar, H Moosa… - Journal de Mycologie …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objective Oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) is the most frequent opportunistic fungal
infection in head and neck cancer patients. This study was done to identify the Candida …

Candida tropicalis RON1 is required for hyphal formation, biofilm development, and virulence but is dispensable for N-acetylglucosamine catabolism

YD Song, CC Hsu, SQ Lew, CH Lin - Medical Mycology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
NDT80-like family genes are highly conserved across a large group of fungi, but the
functions of each Ndt80 protein are diverse and have evolved differently among yeasts and …

Filamentation Is Associated with Reduced Pathogenicity of Multiple Non-albicans Candida Species

M Banerjee, AL Lazzell, JA Romo, JL Lopez-Ribot… - Msphere, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candidiasis affects a wide variety of immunocompromised and medically compromised
patients. Candida albicans, a major human fungal pathogen, accounts for about 50% of all …