Tag: antifungal resistance

A new PLOS Pathogens review explains how accessory chromosomes, iron and sterol metabolism, and immune-evasion traits allow Fusarium oxysporum, a ...

Whole-genome sequencing of laboratory-evolved Candida albicans shows that fluconazole and caspofungin resistance can arise through convergent phenotypic adaptations built on ...

A new PLOS Biology study of fluconazole-resistant Candida parapsilosis outbreak isolates shows that strains with reduced biofilm production gain metabolic ...

A new scoping review maps how nanoparticles and nanocarriers could overcome drug-resistant oral Candida infections, while warning that fragmented methods ...

Researchers at Chiba University have developed a nanopore sequencing workflow that identifies fungal species in blood culture samples within about ...

Virginia Tech researchers discovered that removing key cell wall regulatory proteins, including the septin gene aspB, allows the echinocandin drug ...

A new study shows that transferring an endornavirus from a desert truffle into the ringworm fungus Trichophyton rubrum increases its ...

A new review in Discover Biotechnology details how green-synthesized metal and metal oxide nanoparticles, made using plant extracts and microbes, ...

A systematic review of 62 studies finds that propolis exhibits broad-spectrum antifungal activity against Candida species, including azole-resistant strains, through ...

Cryo-EM structures of the essential Candida albicans enzyme Chs1 reveal that a small-molecule inhibitor jams the chitin translocation channel, a ...