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Effect of silver nanoparticles on Candida albicans biofilms: an ultrastructural study.
Journal of nanobiotechnology - 15 Dec 2015
Lara Humberto H, Romero-Urbina Dulce G, Pierce Christopher, Lopez-Ribot Jose L, Arellano-Jiménez M Josefina, Jose-Yacaman Miguel
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BACKGROUND: Candida albicans is the most common pathogenic fungus isolated in bloodstream infections in hospitalized patients, and candidiasis represents the fourth most common infection in United States hospitals, mostly due to the increasing numbers of immune- and medically-compromised patients. C. albicans has the ability to form biofilms and morphogenetic conversions between yeast and hyphal morphologies...
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