Species-Specific and Drug-Specific Differences in Susceptibility of Candida Biofilms to Echinocandins: Characterization of Less Common Bloodstream Isolates

A simple and reproducible 96-well plate-based method for the formation of fungal biofilms and its application to antifungal susceptibility testing

(2014) Christopher G Pierce et al.   Nature Protocols

Elevated Chitin Content Reduces the Susceptibility of Candida Species to Caspofungin

(2012) Louise A. Walker et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

The changing epidemiology of healthcare-associated candidemia over three decades

(2012) Daniel Diekema et al.   DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE

Candidaspecies: new insights into biofilm formation

(2012) Mayra Cuéllar-Cruz et al.   Future Microbiology

The postantifungal and paradoxical effects of echinocandins against Candida spp.

(2012) Brad Moriyama et al.   Future Microbiology

Results From a Prospective, International, Epidemiologic Study of Invasive Candidiasis in Children and Neonates

(2012) William J. Steinbach et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

Calcineurin Is Required for Pseudohyphal Growth, Virulence, and Drug Resistance in Candida lusitaniae

(2012) Jing Zhang et al.   PLoS One

Activities of Triazole-Echinocandin Combinations against Candida Species in Biofilms and as Planktonic Cells

(2011) Athanasios Chatzimoschou et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Paradoxical Effect of Caspofungin against Candida Bloodstream Isolates Is Mediated by Multiple Pathways but Eliminated in Human Serum

(2011) Ryan K. Shields et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

In Vitro Activities of Anidulafungin and Other Antifungal Agents against Biofilms Formed by Clinical Isolates of Different Candida and Aspergillus Species

(2011) Barbara Fiori et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Effects of interferon-γ and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor on antifungal activity of human polymorphonuclear neutrophils against Candida albicans grown as biofilms or planktonic cells

(2011) Αspasia Katragkou et al.   CYTOKINE

Clinical breakpoints for the echinocandins and Candida revisited: Integration of molecular, clinical, and microbiological data to arrive at species-specific interpretive criteria

(2011) M.A. Pfaller et al.   DRUG RESISTANCE UPDATES

Current perspectives on echinocandin class drugs

(2011) David S Perlin   Future Microbiology

Possible role of azole and echinocandin lock solutions in the control of Candida biofilms associated with silicone

(2011) Estelle Cateau et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcome of candidemia: experience in a tertiary referral center in the UK

(2011) I. Das et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Echinocandin Susceptibility Testing of Candida Isolates Collected during a 1-Year Period in Sweden

(2011) Marlene Axner-Elings et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

In vitro assessment of the antifungal and paradoxical activity of different echinocandins against Candida tropicalis biofilms

(2011) T. S. N. Ku et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilm formation by five species of Candida on three clinical materials

(2011) D. Estivill et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Efficacy of anidulafungin against biofilms of different Candida species in long-term trials of continuous flow cultivation

(2011) Hannelore Bernhardt et al.   MYCOSES

Epidemiology, Species Distribution, Antifungal Susceptibility and Outcome of Nosocomial Candidemia in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Italy

(2011) Matteo Bassetti et al.   PLoS One

INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS IN NON-HEMATOLOGICAL PATIENTS.

(2011) Malgorzata Mikulska et al.   Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases

Changes in Cell Wall Synthesis and Ultrastructure during Paradoxical Growth Effect of Caspofungin on Four DifferentCandidaSpecies

(2010) Fernando C. Bizerra et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Candida albicans forms biofilms on the vaginal mucosa

(2010) M. M. Harriott et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Echinocandins: The Newest Class of Antifungals

(2009) Allana J Sucher et al.   ANNALS OF PHARMACOTHERAPY

In Vitro Activity of Micafungin against Planktonic and Sessile Candida albicans Isolates

(2009) M. J. Jacobson et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Biofilm Formation and Effect of Caspofungin on Biofilm Structure of Candida Species Bloodstream Isolates

(2009) J. A. G. Ferreira et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Our Current Understanding of Fungal Biofilms

(2009) Gordon Ramage et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Candidaemia in Patients with an Inserted Medical Device

(2009) Roberto Cauda   DRUGS

Invasive candidiasis and candidemia: from current opinions to future perspectives

(2009) Maria JGT Rueping et al.   EXPERT OPINION ON INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS

In vitro analysis of the occurrence of a paradoxical effect with different echinocandins and Candida albicans biofilms

(2009) Marisa H. Miceli et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Characterization of biofilms formed by Candida parapsilosis, C. metapsilosis, and C. orthopsilosis

(2009) Ali Abdul Lattif et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biofilms of non-Candida albicans Candidaspecies: quantification, structure and matrix composition

(2009) Sónia Silva et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Biofilm formation in clinical Candida isolates and its association with virulence

(2009) Fahmi Hasan et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Characterization of Mucosal Candida albicans Biofilms

(2009) Anna Dongari-Bagtzoglou et al.   PLoS One

Factors Associated with Candidemia Caused by Non‐albicans CandidaSpecies VersusCandida albicansin the Intensive Care Unit

(2008) Jennifer K. Chow et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Candida parapsilosis, an Emerging Fungal Pathogen

(2008) D. Trofa et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

In vitro efficacies of caspofungin or micafungin catheter lock solutions on Candida albicans biofilm growth

(2008) E. Cateau et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

In vitro growth and analysis of Candida biofilms

(2008) Jyotsna Chandra et al.   Nature Protocols