Abstract:Background:
Candida albicans is a fungal species associated with opportunistic fungal infectious agents in human populations, especially in immunocompromised patients such as transplant patients, HIV-positive patients, chemotherapy patients, and low-birth-weight newborns. The death rate for systemic Candida illnesses ranges from 29 to 76 percent. Just a few medications are available to treat it, such as amphotericin B, fluconazole, terbinafine, andcaspofungin, which have adverse reactions and are harmful.
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