Publications by authors named "Athina Giampani"
Background: Candida auris is a newly described multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen associated with biofilm formation and severe infections with high mortality.
Objectives: To study the activities of fluconazole, itraconazole, posaconazole, voriconazole, deoxycholate and liposomal amphotericin B, anidulafungin, caspofungin and micafungin against C auris biofilms and planktonic cells.
Materials/methods: C auris strains originating from 5 clades (South Asian, East Asian, African, South American and Iranian) were tested for biofilm production by safranin staining of the extracellular matrix polysaccharide structure as well as biofilm (BF) and planktonic (PLK) antifungal susceptibility to nine antifungal agents using the XTT reduction assay.