▪ Abstract The widespread deployment of antimicrobial agents in medicine and agriculture is
nearly always followed by the evolution of resistance to these agents in the pathogen. With …

OBJECTIVES: In this study we determined the incidence and direct inpatient and outpatient
costs of systemic fungal infections (candidiasis, aspergillosis, cryptococcosis …

Although Candida spp are considered normal flora of humans and most often cause a range
of troublesome mucocutaneous syndromes, they can also cause deeply invasive …

An empiric diagnosis of peritonitis should be made if the peritoneal effluent is cloudy, the
effluent white blood cell (WBC) count is greater than 100/mm3, and at least 50% of the …

Phospholipases have been proposed to contribute to the virulence of Candida albicans.
Recently, a candidal strain deleted for PLB1, the gene encoding the predominant …

The Handbook of Fungal Biotechnology offers the newest developments from the frontiers of
fungal biochemical and molecular processes and industrial and semi-industrial applications …

Antifungal drug resistance in Candida spp. continues to increase in response to the
widespread application of triazole therapeutics among immunosuppressed patients. Azole …

Candida albicans maintains both commensal and pathogenic states in humans. Both states
are dependent on cell surface-expressed adhesins, including those of the Als family …

An investigation of the antibacterial and antifungal activity of Myrothamnus flabellifolius
against eleven different pathogens showed inhibition of all micro-organisms except for …

Hematogenous candidemia is an increasingly frequent problem among patients who are
immunosuppressed, receiving parenteral nutrition and/or antibiotics, or who have invasive …