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Fungi are a diverse, heterogeneous group of eukaryotes, serving as friend and foe of humans for centuries. Since ancient times, fungi have been used in food and beverage-making processes and, more recently, have been used for diverse antibiotics production. Fungal infections, or mycoses, are usually classified by the area of the body primarily affected,
Patel P, Zito PM.
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Autophagy Alters the Susceptibility of Candida albicans Biofilms to Antifungal Agents
Microorganisms, 2023 Candida albicans (C. albicans) reigns as a major cause of clinical candidiasis. C. albicans biofilms are known to increase resistance to antifungal agents, making biofilm-related infections particularly challenging to treat.
Jiadi Shen +6 more
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Effect of Addition of Antifungal Agents on Physical and Biological Properties of a Tissue Conditioner: An In-Vitro Study [PDF]
Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin, 2017 Purpose: Tissue conditioners are used for healing of abused oral tissues. They may harbour microorganisms causing oral diseases such as candidiasis compromising the health of the patient.
Pragati Rawat +2 more
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Applied and Environmental Soil Science, 2021 The occurrence of residual antifungal agents through indiscriminate prophylactic use and inappropriate disposal has been reported in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), surface water, and groundwater environments. Opportunistic pathogenic aquatic yeasts
Mzimkhulu E. Monapathi +6 more
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Microbial Metabolite Inspired β‐Peptide Polymers Displaying Potent and Selective Antifungal Activity
Advanced Science, 2022 Potent and selective antifungal agents are urgently needed due to the quick increase of serious invasive fungal infections and the limited antifungal drugs available. Microbial metabolites have been a rich source of antimicrobial agents and have inspired
Donghui Zhang +23 more
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Saudi Pharmaceutical Journal, 2023 Human pathogenic fungi are responsible for causing a range of infection types including mucosal, skin, and invasive infections. Life-threatening and invasive fungal infections (FIs) are responsible for mortality and morbidity, especially for individuals ...
Osama A. Madkhali
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Molecules, 2021 Essential oils (EOs) are known to have varying degrees of antimicrobial properties that are mainly due to the presence of bioactive compounds. These include antiviral, nematicidal, antifungal, insecticidal and antioxidant properties.
Aswir Abd Rashed +3 more
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Novel Natural and Synthetic Anticandidal Therapeutic Peptides to Combat Drug-Resistant Infections
Medical Sciences Forum, 2023 Candida species are considered as common flora of the healthy human mycobiome and occur on skin, mucosal surfaces of gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracks. Pathogenic Candida spp., reported to cause skin, vaginal and oral infections. Extensive use of
Deepika Sharma
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Antifungal Peptides as Therapeutic Agents
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2020 Fungi have been used since ancient times in food and beverage-making processes and, more recently, have been harnessed for the production of antibiotics and in processes of relevance to the bioeconomy.
Miguel Fernández de Ullivarri +7 more
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Antifungal Combinations in Dermatophytes
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Dermatophytes are the most common cause of fungal infections worldwide, affecting millions of people annually. The emergence of resistance among dermatophytes along with the availability of antifungal susceptibility procedures suitable for testing ...
Lucia Brescini +3 more
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