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Tumor necrosis factor prevents Candida albicans biofilm formation
Rocha, Francisco Airton Castro; Alves, Anelise Maria Costa Vasconcelos; Rocha, Marcos Fábio Gadelha; Cordeiro, Rossana de Aguiar CordeiroCandida species are commensals but some develop biofilms in prosthetic materials and host surfaces that may represent up to 30% of deaths related to infections, particularly in immunosuppressed patients. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) exhibits a plethora of functions in host defense mechanisms whereas excessive release of TNF in inflammation promotes tissue damage. Cytokines released in an inflammatory milieu may ...
Aeromonas and Plesiomonas species from scarlet ibis ( Eudocimus ruber ) and the...
Castelo-Branco, Débora Souza Collares Maia; Silva, Aline Lobão da; Monteiro, Frederico Ozanan Barros; Guedes, Glaucia Morgana de MeloThe present study aimed at evaluating the role of captive scarlet ibises (Eudocimus ruber) and their environment as reservoirs of Aeromonas spp. and Plesiomonas spp., and analyzing the in vitro antimicrobial susceptibility and virulence of the recovered bacterial isolates. Thus, non-lactose and weak-lactose fermenting, oxidase positive Gram-negative bacilli were recovered from cloacal samples (n = 30) of scarle...