Epidemiology of invasive fungal infections in Latin America

J Sifuentes-Osornio, DE Corzo-León… - Current fungal infection …, 2012 - Springer
The pathogenic role of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) has increased during the past two
decades in Latin America and worldwide, and the number of patients at risk has risen …

Variation in Candida spp. distribution and antifungal resistance rates among bloodstream infection isolates by patient age: report from the SENTRY Antimicrobial …

MA Pfaller, M Castanheira, SA Messer, GJ Moet… - … and infectious disease, 2010 - Elsevier
The variation in Candida spp. causing bloodstream infection (BSI) and the frequency of
resistance to fluconazole by patient age have been previously described. However, similar …

Background changing patterns of neonatal fungal sepsis in a developing country

DE Ballot, N Bosman, T Nana, T Ramdin… - Journal of tropical …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Background: Candida albicans is the predominant isolate in many neonatal fungal
bloodstream infections (BSIs), so fluconazole is used as empiric antifungal therapy. Aim: To …

Antifungal and anti-biofilm activity of the first cryptic antimicrobial peptide from an archaeal protein against Candida spp. clinical isolates

E Roscetto, P Contursi, A Vollaro, S Fusco… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Candida species cause cutaneous and systemic infections with a high mortality rate,
especially in immunocompromised patients. The emergence of resistance to the most …

Examination of Potential Virulence Factors of Candida tropicalis Clinical Isolates From Hospitalized Patients

M Negri, M Martins, M Henriques, TIE Svidzinski… - Mycopathologia, 2010 - Springer
Candida tropicalis has been reported to be one of the Candida species which is most likely
to cause bloodstream and urinary tract infections in hospitalized patients. Accordingly, the …

[HTML][HTML] Species distribution and susceptibility profile of yeasts isolated from blood cultures: results of a multicenter active laboratory-based surveillance study in …

S Córdoba, W Vivot, ME Bosco-Borgeat… - Revista argentina de …, 2011 - SciELO Argentina
ABSTRACT The Mycology Department of the Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades
Infecciosas" Dr. C. Malbrán", conducted the Second National Multicenter Survey on …

Antifungal effect of 4-arylthiosemicarbazides against Candida species. Search for molecular basis of antifungal activity of thiosemicarbazide derivatives

A Siwek, J Stefańska, K Dzitko, A Ruszczak - Journal of molecular …, 2012 - Springer
The in vitro antifungal potency of six series of 4-arylthiosemicarbazides was evaluated. Two
isoquinoline derivatives with an ortho-methoxy or ortho-methyl group at the phenyl ring were …

Bacteriocin-Like Inhibitory Substances from Probiotics as Therapeutic Agents for Candida Vulvovaginitis

EM Hefzy, MAF Khalil, AAI Amin, HM Ashour… - Antibiotics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Probiotics can potentially prevent and treat diseases. We examined the inhibitory activity of
bacteriocin-like inhibitory substances (BLISs) from potentially probiotic lactobacilli and …

Antifungal Activity of Extracts and Isolated Compounds from Buchenavia Tomentosa on Candida Albicans and non-albicans

GR Teodoro, FL Brighenti, ACB Delbem… - Future …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Aim: This study aimed to evaluate the antifungal activity of Buchenavia tomentosa extract
and bioactive compounds on six Candida species. Materials & methods: The antimicrobial …

A promising approach of overcoming the intrinsic resistance of Candida krusei to fluconazole (FLC) – combining tacrolimus with FLC

H Li, C Zhang, Z Chen, W Shi, S Sun - FEMS yeast research, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Candida krusei is intrinsically resistant to fluconazole (FLC). This study aimed to investigate
whether tacrolimus (FK506) could enhance the susceptibility of FLC against C. krusei. The …