Activity of scorpion venom-derived antifungal peptides against planktonic cells of Candida spp and Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans biofilms.

Activity of scorpion venom-derived antifungal peptides against planktonic cells of Candida spp and Cryptococcus neoformans and Candida albicans biofilms.

The incidence of fungal infections has been increasing in the last decades, while the number of available antifungal classes remains the same. The natural and acquired resistance of some fungal species to available therapies, associated with the high toxicity of these drugs on the present scenario a...

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Main Authors: Fernanda Guilhelmelli, Nathália Vilela, Karina S. Simon, Marco Antonio de Oliveira, Alice CM Álvares, Maria Célia L. Rigonatto, Pedro Henrique S. Costa, Aldo H. Tavares, Sônia M. Freita, Andre Moraes Nicola, Octavio Luiz Franco, Lorena S. Derengowski, Elisabeth F. Schwartz, Márcia Renata Mortari, Anamelia Lorenzetti Bocca, Patrícia Albuquerque, Ildinete Silva-Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Candida albicans
Cryptococcus neoformans
Antifungal drugs
antimicrobial peptides
Candida spp.
Scorpions Venom
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01844/full

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