Azole Antifungal Resistance in Candida albicans and Emerging Non-albicans Candida Species

SG Whaley, EL Berkow, JM Rybak… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Within the limited antifungal armamentarium, the azole antifungals are the most frequent
class used to treat Candida infections. Azole antifungals such as fluconazole are often …

Potential Use of Phenolic Acids as Anti-Candida Agents: A Review

GR Teodoro, K Ellepola, CJ Seneviratne… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
There has been a sharp rise in the occurrence of Candida infections and associated
mortality over the last few years, due to the growing body of immunocompromised …

Epidemiological and Genomic Landscape of Azole Resistance Mechanisms in Aspergillus Fungi

D Hagiwara, A Watanabe, K Kamei… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Invasive aspergillosis is a life-threatening mycosis caused by the pathogenic fungus
Aspergillus. The predominant causal species is Aspergillus fumigatus, and azole drugs are …

Discovery of natural products with antifungal potential through combinatorial synergy

CR Augostine, SV Avery - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The growing prevalence of antifungal drug resistance coupled with the slow development of
new, acceptable drugs and fungicides has raised interest in natural products (NPs) for their …

Vertical transmission of highly similar blaCTX-M-1-harboring IncI1 plasmids in Escherichia coli with different MLST types in the poultry production pyramid

K Zurfluh, J Wang, J Klumpp… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to characterize sets of extended-spectrum β-
lactamases (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae collected longitudinally from different …

Heat Shock Protein 90 (Hsp90) as a Molecular Target for the Development of Novel Drugs Against the Dermatophyte Trichophyton rubrum

TR Jacob, NTA Peres, MP Martins, EAS Lang… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Treatment of fungal infections is difficult due to several reasons, such as side effects of
drugs, emergence of resistant strains, and limited number of molecular targets for the drug …

Effect of Nicotinamide Against Candida albicans

XR Xing, ZB Liao, F Tan, ZY Zhu, Y Jiang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Nicotinamide (NAM) has a long history in clinical applications and can be safely used for
treating various diseases. In recent years, NAM was found to exhibit antimicrobial activities …

Florfenicol As a Modulator Enhancing Antimicrobial Activity: Example Using Combination with Thiamphenicol against Pasteurella multocida

CF Wei, JH Shien, SK Chang, CC Chou - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Synergistic effects between the same class of antibiotics are rarely reported. Our previous
study found synergistic-like interaction between florfenicol (FFC) and thiamphenicol (TAP) …

Histatin 5 inhibits adhesion of C. albicans to Reconstructed Human Oral Epithelium

EB Moffa, MCM Mussi, Y Xiao, SS Garrido… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Candida albicans is the most pathogenic fungal species, commonly colonizing on human
mucosal surfaces. As a polymorphic species, C. albicans is capable of switching between …

Triclosan Demonstrates Synergic Effect with Amphotericin B and Fluconazole and Induces Apoptosis-Like Cell Death in Cryptococcus neoformans

E Movahed, GMY Tan, K Munusamy, TC Yeow… - Frontiers in …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Objectives: Cryptococcus neoformans is an opportunistic fungus that causes fatal
meningoencephalitis especially in AIDS patients. There is an increasing need for discovery …