Current insights on antifungal therapy: Novel nanotechnology approaches for drug delivery systems and new drugs from natural sources

F Sousa, D Ferreira, S Reis, P Costa - Pharmaceuticals, 2020 - mdpi.com
The high incidence of fungal infections has become a worrisome public health issue, having
been aggravated by an increase in host predisposition factors. Despite all the drugs …

Major challenges and perspectives in the diagnostics and treatment of dermatophyte infections

S Gnat, D Łagowski… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Dermatophytes are the aetiological factors of a majority of superficial fungal infections. What
distinguishes them from other pathogenic filamentous fungi is their unique ability to degrade …

Dermatophyte resistance to antifungal drugs: mechanisms and prospectus

NM Martinez-Rossi, TA Bitencourt, NTA Peres… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Dermatophytes comprise pathogenic fungi that have a high affinity for the keratinized
structures present in nails, skin, and hair, causing superficial infections known as …

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 …

Lipid based nanocarriers: A novel paradigm for topical antifungal therapy

S Nene, S Shah, N Rangaraj, NK Mehra… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Superficial fungal infections manifesting the skin have become prevalent today. Even though
there has been a substantial number of antifungal drugs approved for treating topical fungal …

Natural products: an alternative to conventional therapy for dermatophytosis?

G Lopes, E Pinto, L Salgueiro - Mycopathologia, 2017 - Springer
The increased incidence of fungal infections, associated with the widespread use of
antifungal drugs, has resulted in the development of resistance, making it necessary to …

Demonstration of Allium sativum Extract Inhibitory Effect on Biodeteriogenic Microbial Strain Growth, Biofilm Development, and Enzymatic and Organic Acid …

VM Corbu, I Gheorghe, IC Marinaș, EI Geană, MI Moza… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study demonstrating the efficiency of Allium
sativum hydro-alcoholic extract (ASE) againstFigure growth, biofilm development, and …

COVID-19-associated mucormycosis and treatments

V Subramaniyan, S Fuloria, HK Darnal… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
In the current pandemic, COVID-19 patients with predisposing factors are at an increased
risk of mucormycosis, an uncommon angioinvasive infection that is caused by fungi with …

Spent coffee grounds valorization as bioactive phenolic source acquired antifungal, anti-mycotoxigenic, and anti-cytotoxic activities

AN Badr, MM El-Attar, HS Ali, MF Elkhadragy… - Toxins, 2022 - mdpi.com
Spent coffee grounds (SCGs), which constitute 75% of original coffee beans, represent an
integral part of sustainability. Contamination by toxigenic fungi and their mycotoxins is a …

Antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes of Streptococcus isolated from dairy cows with mastitis in China

XY Tian, N Zheng, RW Han, H Ho, J Wang… - Microbial …, 2019 - Elsevier
Streptococcus is a major mastitis-causing pathogen in dairy cows. To investigate the
prevalence, antimicrobial resistance and virulence gene of Streptococcus in mastitic milk, a …