Cationic compounds are promising candidates for development of antimicrobial agents.
Positive charges attached to surfaces, particles, polymers, peptides or bilayers have been …

Infections caused by drug-resistant pathogens are rapidly increasing in incidence and pose
an urgent global health concern. New treatments are needed to address this critical situation …

Opportunistic fungal pathogens may cause superficial or serious invasive infections,
especially in immunocompromised and debilitated patients. Invasive mycoses represent an …

Cryptococcus neoformans produces vesicles containing its major virulence factor, the
capsular polysaccharide glucuronoxylomannan (GXM). These vesicles cross the cell wall to …

The story of prevention and control of infectious diseases remains open and a series of
highly virulent pathogens are emerging both in and beyond the hospital setting. Antibiotics …

Skin mycoses are caused mainly by dermatophytes, which are fungal species that primarily
infect areas rich in keratin such as hair, nails, and skin. Significantly, there are increasing …

Fungi occupy diverse environments and are subjected to many extreme conditions. Among
the stressful conditions faced by fungi are pH changes, osmotic changes, thermal changes …

The growing resistance against antifungal drugs has renewed the search for alternative
treatment modalities, and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (PDT) seems to be a potential …

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) has been proposed as a new technique to inactivate
microorganisms as it does not lead to the selection of mutant resistant strains; a clear benefit …

Microorganisms release effector molecules that modulate the host machinery enabling
survival, replication, and dissemination of a pathogen. Here we characterized the …