Potentiation of Antibiofilm Activity of Amphotericin B by Superoxide Dismutase Inhibition

This study demonstrates a role for superoxide dismutases (Sods) in governing tolerance of Candida albicans biofilms to amphotericin B (AmB). Coincubation of C. albicans biofilms with AmB and the Sod inhibitors N,N′-diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) or ammonium tetrathiomolybdate (ATM) resulted in reduced...

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Main Authors: Katrijn De Brucker, Anna Bink, Els Meert, Bruno P. A. Cammue, Karin Thevissen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/704654