Osteoarticular mycoses are chronic debilitating infections that require extended courses of
antifungal therapy and may warrant expert surgical intervention. As there has been no …

The widespread use of intravascular devices, such as central venous and hemodialysis
catheters, in the past 2 decades has paralleled the increasing incidence of catheter-related …

Catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) constitute an important cause of hospital-
acquired infection associated with morbidity, mortality, and cost. The aim of these guidelines …

Objectives Biofilm formation by Candida albicans poses an important therapeutic challenge
in human diseases. Typically, conventional antifungal agents encounter difficulty in treating …

Fungal osteoarticular infections (OAI) are unusual but often destructive infections requiring
surgery and prolonged antifungal therapy. These infections involve bone, joints, muscle, and …

The object of this study was to test whether posaconazole, a broad-spectrum antifungal
agent inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis, exhibits synergy with the β-1, 3 glucan synthase …

Candida tropicalis has been associated with invasive candidiasis, being the first or second
most common non-Candida albicans Candida species isolated in humans with candidemia …

Candida species other than Candida albicans are increasingly recognized as causes of
biofilm-associated infections. This is a comprehensive study that compared the in vitro …

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this study was to evaluate some virulence factors in Candida
albicans isolates from patients with onychomycosis and determine the correlation between …

Candida biofilm–associated infections of central venous catheters are a challenging
therapeutic problem. Recent in vitro and in vivo studies of the structure, formation …