Journal of Fungi, 2023 During the past decade, Candida auris emerged across the world, causing nosocomial outbreaks in both pediatric and adult populations, particularly in intensive care settings.
Liat Ashkenazi-Hoffnung +1 more
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Antimicrobial Activities and Mechanisms of Magnesium Oxide Nanoparticles (nMgO) against Pathogenic Bacteria, Yeasts, and Biofilms. [PDF]
, 2018 Magnesium oxide nanoparticle (nMgO) is a light metal based antimicrobial nanoparticle that can be metabolized and fully resorbed in the body. To take advantage of the antimicrobial properties of nMgO for medical use, it is necessary to determine the ...
Grelling, Nathaniel +4 more
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Fungal Resistance to Echinocandins and the MDR Phenomenon in Candida glabrata
Journal of Fungi, 2018 Candida glabrata has thoroughly adapted to successfully colonize human mucosal membranes and survive in vivo pressures. prior to and during antifungal treatment. Out of all the medically relevant Candida species, C.
Kelley R. Healey, David S. Perlin
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Kajian Molekuler Resistensi Candida Albicans Terhadap Antifungi [PDF]
, 2014 Candida albicans is one of the species Candida which mostly cause infection in human. Antifungal agent azole, polyene, echinocandin, and flucytosine are commonly used for Candida albicans infection treatment.
Candrasari, D. S. (Damiana)
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Echinocandins in antifungal pharmacotherapy [PDF]
Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, 2017 Abstract Objectives Echinocandins are the newest addition of the last decade to the antifungal armamentarium, which, owing to their unique mechanism of action, selectively target the fungal cells without affecting mammalian cells.
Akash Patil, Soumyajit Majumdar
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Gels, 2023 Caspofungin is a drug that is used for fungal infections that are difficult to treat, including invasive aspergillosis and candidemia, as well as other forms of invasive candidiasis.
Noelia Pérez-González +8 more
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Prognostic factors and historical trends in the epidemiology of candidemia in critically ill patients: an analysis of five multicenter studies sequentially conducted over a 9-year period [PDF]
, 2014 To describe temporal trends in the epidemiology, clinical management and outcome of candidemia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients.This study was a retrospective analysis of 1,392 episodes of candidemia in 647 adult ICU patients from 22 Brazilian ...
Andreotti, Ricardo +7 more
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Marine DrugsNaturally occurring echinocandin B and FR901379 are potent antifungal lipopeptides featuring a cyclic hexapeptide nucleus and a fatty acid side chain.
Xuejian Jiang +5 more
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Potential Use of MALDI-ToF Mass Spectrometry for Rapid Detection of Antifungal Resistance in the Human Pathogen Candida glabrata. [PDF]
, 2017 The echinocandins are relatively new antifungal drugs that represent, together with the older azoles, the recommended and/or preferred agents to treat candidaemia and other forms of invasive candidiasis in human patients.
De Carolis, E. +6 more
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Evolutionary accumulation of FKS1 mutations from clinical echinocandin-resistant Candida auris
Emerging Microbes and InfectionsIntroduction: Drug resistance to echinocandins, first-line drugs used to treat Candida auris infection, is rapidly emerging. However, the accumulation of mutations in genes other than FKS1 (before an isolate develops to resistance via FKS1 mutations ...
Sufei Tian +8 more
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