Université de Fribourg

A novel study on the inhibitory effect of marine macroalgal extracts on hyphal growth and biofilm formation of candidemia isolates

El-Zawawy, Nessma A. ; El-Shenody, Rania A. ; Ali, Sameh S. ; El-Shetehy, Mohamed

In: Scientific Reports, 2020, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 9339

Biofilm formation and hyphal growth are considered to be the most serious virulence factors of Candida species in blood causing candidemia infections, which are difficult to treat due to the spread of resistant Candida isolates to most antifungal drugs. Therefore, in this study, we investigated the effect of different types and concentrations of selected macroalgal extracts from Cladostephus...