@article{9c99147444cf404d962d6156c6450e35,
title = "Methodologies for in vitro and in vivo evaluation of efficacy of antifungal and antibiofilm agents and surface coatings against fungal biofilms",
abstract = "Unlike superficial fungal infections of the skin and nails, which are the most common fungal diseases in humans, invasive fungal infections carry high morbidity and mortality, particularly those associated with biofilm formation on indwelling medical devices. Therapeutic management of these complex diseases is often complicated by the rise in resistance to the commonly used antifungal agents. Therefore, the availability of accurate susceptibility testing methods for determining antifungal resistance, as well as discovery of novel antifungal and antibiofilm agents, are key priorities in medical mycology research. To direct advancements in this field, here we present an overview of the methods currently available for determining (i) the susceptibility or resistance of fungal isolates or biofilms to antifungal or antibiofilm compounds and compound combinations; (ii) the in vivo efficacy of antifungal and antibiofilm compounds and compound combinations; and (iii) the in vitro and in vivo performance of anti-infective coatings and materials to prevent fungal biofilm-based infections.",
keywords = "antifungal susceptibility testing, biofilm inhibition, biofilm eradication, antibiofilm material coating, in vivo models",
author = "Dijck, {Patrick Van} and Jelmer Sjollema and Cammue, {Bruno P.A.} and Katrien Lagrou and Judith Berman and Christophe d'Enfert and Andes, {David R.} and Arendrup, {Maiken C.} and Brakhage, {Axel A.} and Richard Calderone and Emilia Cant{\'o}n and Tom Coenye and Paul Cos and Cowen, {Leah E.} and Mira Edgerton and Ana Espinel-Ingroff and Filler, {Scott G.} and Mahmoud Ghannoum and Gow, {Neil A R} and Hubertus Haas and Jabra-Rizk, {Mary Ann} and Johnson, {Elizabeth M.} and Lockhart, {Shawn R.} and L{\'o}pez-Ribot, {Jos{\'e} L.} and Johan Maertens and Munro, {Carol A.} and Nett, {Jeniel E.} and Nobile, {Clarissa J.} and Pfaller, {Michael A.} and Gordon Ramage and Dominique Sanglard and Maurizio Sanguinetti and Isabel Spriet and Verweij, {Paul E.} and Adilia Warris and Joost Wauters and Yeaman, {Michael R.} and Zaat, {Sebastian A.J.} and Karin Thevissen",
note = "KT acknowledges receipt of a mandate of Industrial Research Fund (IOFm/05/022). JB acknowledges funding from the European Research Council Advanced Award 3400867/RAPLODAPT and the Israel Science Foundation grant # 314/13 (www.isf.il). NG acknowledges the Wellcome Trust and MRC for funding. CD acknowledges funding from the Agence Nationale de Recherche (ANR-10-LABX-62-IBEID). CJN acknowledges funding from the National Institutes of Health R35GM124594 and R21AI125801. AW is supported by the Wellcome Trust Strategic Award (grant 097377), the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology (grant MR/N006364/1) at the University of Aberdeen MaCA: outside this study MaCA has received personal speaker{\textquoteright}s honoraria the past five years from Astellas, Basilea, Gilead, MSD, Pfizer, T2Candida, and Novartis. She has received research grants and contract work paid to the Statens Serum Institute from Astellas, Basilea, Gilead, MSD, NovaBiotics, Pfizer, T2Biosystems, F2G, Cidara, and Amplyx. CAM acknowledges the Wellcome Trust and the MRC MR/N006364/1. PVD, TC and KT acknowledge the FWO research community: Biology and ecology of bacterial and fungal biofilms in humans (FWO WO.009.16N). AAB acknowledges the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – CRC FungiNet.",
year = "2018",
month = jul,
doi = "10.15698/mic2018.07.638",
language = "English",
volume = "5",
pages = "300--326",
journal = "Microbial Cell",
issn = "2311-2638",
publisher = "Shared Science Publishers OG",
number = "7",
}