Silver nanoparticles: Influence of stabilizing agent and diameter on antifungal activity against Candida albicans and Candida glabrata biofilms

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 383-391

  Monteiro, D R ^a,b   Silva, S ^b   Negri, M ^b,c   Gorup, L F ^d   De Camargo, E R ^d   Oliveira, R ^b   Barbosa, D B ^a   Henriques, M ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^c Faculty of Medicine   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Candida albicans; Candida glabrata; Infection; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CANDIDA; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); YEAST;

% REDUCTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITIES; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; INFECTION; MINIMAL INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; SILVER CONCENTRATION; SIZE DEPENDENT; STABILIZING AGENTS;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

AMMONIA; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; CITRATE SODIUM; POVIDONE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SILVER NITRATE; STABILIZING AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; CELL ORGANELLE; COLLOID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIAMETER; FUNGUS; INFECTIVITY; INHIBITOR; PARTICULATE MATTER; SILVER; STABILIZATION;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BROTH DILUTION; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA; COLONY FORMING CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SUSPENSION; SYNTHESIS;

CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CANDIDA GLABRATA;

EID: 84859561819     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2012.03219.x     Document Type: Article

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