Abstract
Fungicidal effects of histatin-5 against 26 oral isolates belonging to 5 non-albicans Candida species were examined. Fifty μM of histatin-5 killed more than 95% of Candida tropicalis and Candida guilliermondii isolates and more than 90% of Candida parapsilosis and Candida krusei. However, Candida glabrata was less sensitive to the peptide (mean 62.9%). Our results, taken together, demonstrated that histatin-5 possessed the fungicidal activity against Candida species other than C. glabrata.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 250-252 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Oral Microbiology and Immunology |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Dentistry(all)
- Microbiology (medical)