Chitosan-Based Nanomedicine to Fight Genital Candida Infections: Chitosomes

Chitosan-Based Nanomedicine to Fight Genital Candida Infections: Chitosomes

Vaginal infections are associated with high recurrence, which is often due to a lack of efficient treatment of complex vaginal infections comprised of several types of pathogens, especially fungi and bacteria. Chitosan, a mucoadhesive polymer with known antifungal effect, could offer a great improve...

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Main Authors: Toril Andersen, Ekaterina Mishchenko, Gøril Eide Flaten, Johanna U. Ericson Sollid, Sofia Mattsson, Ingunn Tho, Nataša Škalko-Basnet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-03-01
Series:Marine Drugs
Subjects:
chitosan
liposomes
drug delivery
vaginal therapy
Candida albicans
metronidazole
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1660-3397/15/3/64

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