The Candida genus comprises opportunistic fungi that can become pathogenic when the
immune system of the host fails. Candida albicans is the most important and prevalent …

A substantial proportion of patients become colonised with Candida spp during hospital
stay, but only few subsequently develop severe infection. Clinical signs of severe infection …

The significant increase in the use of antifungal agents, both for the treatment of candidiasis
and invasive aspergillosis and as azole fungicides in agricultural crop protection has …

Hydrolysable tannins (HTs), secondary metabolites widely distributed in the plant kingdom,
are generally multiple esters of gallic acid with glucose. HTs have been shown to be …

The role of sterol mutations in the resistance of Candida albicans to antifungal agents has
not been thoroughly investigated. Previous work reported that clinical C. albicans strains …

Fungi are primitive eukaryotes and have adapted to a variety of niches during evolution.
Some fungal species may interact with other life forms (plants, insects, mammals), but are …

In this study, ferrofluid of magnetic nanoparticles, oleic acid (OA), combined with
hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (Fe 3 O 4 [iron oxide]-OA-DES) was prepared and …

Infections caused by Candida species have been increasing in the last decades and can
result in local or systemic infections, with high morbidity and mortality. After Candida …

Pathogenic yeasts from the genus Candida can cause serious infection in humans
particularly, in immunocompromised patients and are now recognized as major agents of …

We developed a standardized DNA sequence-based approach for the accurate and timely
identification of medically important fungi by sequencing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) …