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ReviewDrug delivery and translational research2025

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

Bahgat Fayed

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Review in Drug delivery and translational research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Pharmacological advances inJournal of enzyme inhibition and medicinal chemistry · 2026
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  3. Beyond intrinsic resistance: novel insights into the emergence and management of resistance acquired in Candida auris upon antifungal exposure.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  7. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  12. Innovative antifungal strategies to combat drug-resistantFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Bahgat FayedDepartment of Chemistry of Natural and Microbial Products, Pharmaceutical and Drug Industries Research Institute, National Research Centre, 33 El Bohouth Street, P.O. Box 12622, Dokki, Giza, Egypt. bm.ezzat@nrc.sci.eg.ORCID 0000-0001-9617-8513

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Candida auris has emerged as a significant global health threat due to its multidrug resistance and ability to form robust biofilms, particularly on medical devices and hospital surfaces. Biofilms protect C. auris from antifungal treatments and the host immune response, making infections persistent and difficult to control. This review explores the potential of nanoparticles to overcome the limitations of traditional antifungal therapies in combating C. auris biofilms. Nanoparticles, with their unique physicochemical properties, offer promising strategies to penetrate biofilm matrices, deliver antifungal agents, and disrupt biofilm structure. Various types of nanoparticles, including metallic, polymeric, lipid-based, and cyclodextrin-based, demonstrate enhanced biofilm penetration and antifungal activity. Their ability to generate reactive oxygen species, disrupt cell adhesion, and release antifungals in a controlled manner makes them ideal candidates for biofilm-targeted therapies. This review presents the current advancements in nanoparticle-based solutions, emphasizing the need for further research into their mechanisms of action, safety, and clinical application. By addressing the challenge of C. auris biofilms specifically, this review provides a critical synthesis of existing knowledge and identifies future directions for developing effective antifungal therapies using nanotechnology.

Indexed as

Antifungal AgentsBiofilmsCandida aurisCandidiasisNanoparticlesAnimalsHumansAntifungal AgentsAntifungal therapyBiofilmMultidrug resistanceNanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID39589626
PMCPMC11968567

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