Antifungal activity of boric acid, triclosan and zinc oxide against different clinically relevant Candida species.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The genus Candida includes about 200 different species, but only a few are able to produce disease in humans. The species responsible for the highest proportion of human infections is Candida albicans. However, in the last two decades there has been an increase in the proportion of infections caused by other Candida species, including C. glabrata (Nakaseomyces glabrata), C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis, C. krusei (Pichia kudriavzevi) and more recently C. auris. Decolonisation of patients has been used as an infection control strategy for bacterial infections, but information about decolonisation products used in clinical practice for Candida and other fungal pathogens is limited. Compounds with antimicrobial activity, such as triclosan (TR), boric acid (BA) and zinc oxide

SUBMITTER: Gavilanes-Martinez MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8373697 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature