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CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 71, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2022.102237
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Infections caused by Candida species pose a significant medical problem due to their ability to spread throughout the body. Treating biofilm infections caused by these pathogens is particularly challenging as they can withstand higher concentrations of antifungal drugs compared to planktonic cells.
Infections caused by the Candida species of human fungal pathogens are a significant medical problem because they can disseminate to nearly every organ of the body. In addition, there are only a few classes of antifungal drugs available to treat patients with invasive fungal infections. Candida infections that are associated with biofilms can withstand much higher concentrations of antifungal drugs compared with infections caused by planktonic cells, thus making biofilm infections particularly challenging to treat. Candida albicans is among the most prevalent fungal species of the human microbiota, asymptomatically colonizing several niches of the body, including the gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary tract, mouth, and skin. Immunocompromised health conditions, dysbiosis of the microbiota, or environmental changes, however, can lead to C. albicans overgrowth, causing infections that range from superficial mucosal infections to severe hematogenously disseminated infections. Here, we review the current knowledge of antifungal drug-resistance mechanisms occurring in Candida biofilms.
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