Nanoparticles in the battle against candida auris biofilms: current advances and future prospects

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• What: This study demonstrated that nanoemulsions could be used to deliver antifungal drugs across C. auris biofilms .
• Who: Bahgat Fayed from the Department of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, El Bohouth Street, Dokki, Giza, Egypt have published the research work: A particularly concerning feature of C. auris is its pro­ pensity to form robust biofilms on various surfaces, includ­ ing medical devices such as catheters and ventilators [ 5 ]. These biofilms are dense clusters of fungal cells embed­ ded in a protective extracellular matrix, which shield . . .
  

   

  

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