Antifungal Activity of Local Anesthetics Against
Candida Species

Cidália  Pina-Vaz; Acácio Gonçalves Rodrigues; Filipe  Sansonetty; J.  Martinez-De-Oliveira; António F. Fonseca; Per-Anders  Mårdh

doi:10.1155/S1064744900000168

Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Jan 2000)

Antifungal Activity of Local Anesthetics Against Candida Species

Cidália Pina-Vaz,
Acácio Gonçalves Rodrigues,
Filipe Sansonetty,
J. Martinez-De-Oliveira,
António F. Fonseca,
Per-Anders Mårdh

Affiliations

Cidália Pina-Vaz: Department of Microbiology, Porto School of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto 4200, Portugal
Acácio Gonçalves Rodrigues: Department of Microbiology, Porto School of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto 4200, Portugal
Filipe Sansonetty: Institute of Pathology and Molecular Immunology of Porto University, Porto, Portugal
J. Martinez-De-Oliveira: Department of Gynaecology, Porto School of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
António F. Fonseca: Department of Microbiology, Porto School of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto 4200, Portugal
Per-Anders Mårdh: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/S1064744900000168
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 3-4
pp. 124 – 137

Abstract

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Objective: To evaluate the activity of benzydamine, lidocaine, and bupivacaine, three drugs with local anesthetic activity, against Candida albicans and non-albicans strains and to clarify their mechanism of activity.

Published in Infectious Diseases in Obstetrics and Gynecology

ISSN: 1064-7449 (Print); 1098-0997 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Gynecology and obstetrics; Medicine: Internal medicine: Infectious and parasitic diseases
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7281

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