Nystatin effect on chlorhexidine efficacy against Streptococcus mutans as planktonic cells and mixed biofilm with Candida albicans.
Maria Eduarda Lanes BaldinoRenata Medina-SilvaJuliana SumienskiMaria Antonia FigueiredoFernanda Gonçalves SalumKaren CherubiniPublished in: Clinical oral investigations (2021)
In view of the great number of patients that can receive a prescription of chlorhexidine and nystatin concomitantly, this study contributes to the knowledge about the effect of the combined drugs. Given the high prevalence of prescriptions of chlorhexidine and nystatin in dentistry, dental professionals should be aware of their possible antagonistic effect.
Keyphrases
- candida albicans
- biofilm formation
- end stage renal disease
- induced apoptosis
- newly diagnosed
- staphylococcus aureus
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- ejection fraction
- healthcare
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- escherichia coli
- cell cycle arrest
- surgical site infection
- cell death
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- cystic fibrosis