Effects of Complex Electromagnetic Fields on Candida albicans Adhesion and Proliferation on Polyacrylic Resin
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Abstract
(1) Background: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effect of several sessions of the antibacterial protocol of complex electromagnetic fields (CMFs) on planktonic Candida albicans and fungal ability, after treatment with CMFs, to adhere and proliferate on acrylic resin materials. (2) Methods: Planktonic overnight cultures of Candida albicans were subjected to different entities of CMFs treatments. Four test groups were compared: “p1”: treated only with the first program of the antibacterial protocol; “p1–p5” subjected to the first five programs; “1 antibacterial” received one complete session of the protocol and “2 antibacterial” received two complete sessions. After the treatments, the number of colony forming units (CFUs) were recorded. Then, C. albicans broth cultures were cultivated on polyacrylic resin discs and evaluated for CFUs and subjected to scanning electron microscope (SEM) analysis. (3) Results: Microbiological analysis showed that CMFs promoted a significant reduction of C. albicans CFUs when the protocol “p1–p5” was applied. No statistically significant differences between test groups were observed if the time of exposure to CMFs was increased. SEM observations and CFUs showed that CMFs treatments have the ability to reduce C. albicans adherence and proliferation on discs. (4) Conclusions: The CMFs showed an antifungal effect as well as a decrease in C. albicans adhesion on polyacrylic resin.
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OpenAlex topics: Antifungal resistance and susceptibility · Medical and Biological Ozone Research · Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine
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Affiliations
Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, Via dei Vestini 31, 66013 Chieti, Italy
Department of Pharmacy, University “G. d’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara, 66013 Chieti, Italy
Private Practice, Via Piacenza, 7, 92019 Sciacca, Italy
Biomaterials Engineering Group, Catholic University of San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM), Av. de los Jerónimos, 135, 30107 Murcia, Spain
Fondazione Villaserena per la Ricerca, Via Leonardo Petruzzi 42, 65013 Città Sant’Angelo, Italy
Casa di Cura Villa Serena del dott. L. Petruzzi, 65013 Città Sant’Angelo, Italy
Funding
FAR Piattelli, D'Ercole, Cellini
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