Effect of silver nanoparticles on Candida albicans biofilms: an ultrastructural study

HH Lara, DG Romero-Urbina, C Pierce… - Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
Background Candida albicans is the most common pathogenic fungus isolated in
bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients, and candidiasis represents the fourth most …

Burden of fungal infections in Algeria

M Chekiri-Talbi, DW Denning - European Journal of Clinical Microbiology …, 2017 - Springer
We report for the first time in Algeria and provide burden estimates. We searched for existing
data and estimated the incidence and prevalence of fungal diseases based on the …

Management of Candida Biofilms: State Of Knowledge and New Options for Prevention and Eradication

H Bujdáková - Future microbiology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Biofilms formed by Candida species (spp.) on medical devices represent a potential health
risk. The focus of current research is searching for new options for the treatment and …

[HTML][HTML] Photodynamic therapy of oral Candida infection in a mouse model

F Freire, C Ferraresi, AOC Jorge… - Journal of Photochemistry …, 2016 - Elsevier
Species of the fungal genus Candida, can cause oral candidiasis especially in
immunosuppressed patients. Many studies have investigated the use of photodynamic …

Light-activated antifungal properties of imidazolium-functionalized cationic conjugated polymers

P Jagadesan, Z Yu, I Barboza-Ramos… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Infections caused by pathogenic fungi, especially Candida albicans, are a growing global
challenge for public health. Current antifungal drugs have been administered commonly to …

Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (PACT), using Toluidine blue O inhibits the viability of biofilm produced by Candida albicans at different stages of …

AP Pinto, IB Rosseti, ML Carvalho, BGM da Silva… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungus producing both superficial and
systemic infections, especially in immunocompromised individuals. It has been …

Photodynamic Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (PACT) using methylene blue inhibits the viability of the biofilm produced by Candida albicans

L de Carvalho Leonel, ML Carvalho… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background: Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungus, an etiological agent of human
infections, presenting high rates of morbidity and mortality. The resistance of C. albicans to …

Photodynamic inactivation in the expression of the Candida albicans genes ALS3, HWP1, BCR1, TEC1, CPH1, and EFG1 in biofilms

F Freire, PP de Barros, CA Pereira, JC Junqueira… - Lasers in Medical …, 2018 - Springer
The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of photodynamic inactivation (PDI) on
Candida albicans biofilms, evaluating its effects on gene expression of ALS3, HWP1, BCR1 …

Multitask Imidazolium Salt Additives for Innovative Poly(l-lactide) Biomaterials: Morphology Control, Candida spp. Biofilm Inhibition, Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell …

CML Schrekker, YCA Sokolovicz… - … Applied Materials & …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Candida species have great ability to colonize and form biofilms on medical devices,
causing infections in human hosts. In this study, poly (l-lactide) films with different …

Optimum Inhibition of Amphotericin-B-Resistant Candida albicans Strain in Single- and Mixed-Species Biofilms by Candida and Non-Candida Terpenoids

HFZ Touil, K Boucherit, Z Boucherit-Otmani, G Kohder… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Candida albicans is one of the most common human fungal pathogens and represents the
most important cause of opportunistic mycoses worldwide. Surgical devices including …