<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Background:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Farnesol is added to numerous consumer products</span><span st...<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Background:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Farnesol is added to numerous consumer products</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">that inten</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">tionally, or inadvertently come in contact with tissues that may harbor </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the opportunistic yeast, </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Candida albicans</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This study explores biological consequences of the exposure of </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Candida albicans</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> from community infecti</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ons or from a panel of antifungal drug resistant organis</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ms on growth and survival of these organisms when exposed to farnesol. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> ATCC supplied </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Candida albicans</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> from the MP8 drug resistance panel and an additional 1</span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2 strains of community-acquired </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Candida albicans</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> were c</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ultured in the presence of farnesol. With standard micobiologic techniques and flow cytometry evaluation, a series of experiments considered growth, morphology, viability and entrance into the quiescent persister phenotype of </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Candida</span></i></span><i><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></i><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with emphasis on differences between drug resistant 展开更多
文摘<b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Background:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> Farnesol is added to numerous consumer products</span><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">that inten</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">tionally, or inadvertently come in contact with tissues that may harbor </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">the opportunistic yeast, </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Candida albicans</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Objective:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This study explores biological consequences of the exposure of </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Candida albicans</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> from community infecti</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ons or from a panel of antifungal drug resistant organis</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ms on growth and survival of these organisms when exposed to farnesol. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> ATCC supplied </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Candida albicans</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> from the MP8 drug resistance panel and an additional 1</span><span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">2 strains of community-acquired </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Candida albicans</span></i><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> were c</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">ultured in the presence of farnesol. With standard micobiologic techniques and flow cytometry evaluation, a series of experiments considered growth, morphology, viability and entrance into the quiescent persister phenotype of </span><i><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Candida</span></i></span><i><span style="font-family:;" "=""> </span></i><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">with emphasis on differences between drug resistant
