Candida albicans represents the most frequent isolated yeast from bloodstream infections.
Despite the remarkable progress in diagnostic and therapeutic approaches, these infections …

Pathogenic fungi have become a leading cause of human mortality due to the increasing
frequency of fungal infections in immunocompromised populations and the limited …

Uncovers the Key Role Microbes Play in the Transformation of Oxidizable and Reducible
MineralsMany areas of geomicrobial processes are receiving serious attention from …

Fungi cause serious infections in the immunocompromised and debilitated, and the
incidence of invasive mycoses has increased significantly over the last 3 decades. Slow …

Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal pathogen that is found in the normal
gastrointestinal flora of most healthy humans. However, under certain environmental …

Fluconazole has characteristics that make it widely used in the clinical treatment of C.
albicans infections. However, fluconazole has only a fungistatic activity in C. albicans …

Much progress has been made in the last decade in identifying genes responsible for
antifungal resistance in Candida albicans. Attention has focused on five major C. albicans …

Infections by opportunistic pathogenic fungi, especially Candida species, Cryptococcus
neoformans, and Aspergillus fumigatus, are a serious medical problem in …

The survival of all organisms depends critically upon interactions with the environment,
mediated largely through the action of small molecules. Small molecules can provide the …

There are relatively few classes of antifungal drugs. This restricts clinicians' therapeutic
choices and these choices are further reduced by the emergence of drug resistance …