In vitro activity of Spirulina platensis water extract against different Candida species isolated from vulvo-vaginal candidiasis cases

Antonella Marangoni; Claudio Foschi; Matteo Micucci; Rogers Alberto Nahui Palomino; Tullia Gallina Toschi; Beatrice Vitali; Luca Camarda; Mara Mandrioli; Marta De Giorgio; Rita Aldini; Ivan Corazza; Alberto Chiarini; Roberto Cevenini; Roberta Budriesi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0188567

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In vitro activity of Spirulina platensis water extract against different Candida species isolated from vulvo-vaginal candidiasis cases

Antonella Marangoni ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Antonella Marangoni, Claudio Foschi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Specialized, Experimental, and Diagnostic Medicine (DIMES), Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Claudio Foschi ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Antonella Marangoni, Claudio Foschi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Specialized, Experimental, and Diagnostic Medicine (DIMES), Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Matteo Micucci ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: matteo.micucci2@unibo.it

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBit), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3525-1531

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Rogers Alberto Nahui Palomino,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBit), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Tullia Gallina Toschi,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DiSTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
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Beatrice Vitali,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBit), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Luca Camarda,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBit), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Mara Mandrioli,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (DiSTAL), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Cesena, Italy
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Marta De Giorgio,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBit), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Rita Aldini,

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBit), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Ivan Corazza,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Specialized, Experimental, and Diagnostic Medicine (DIMES), Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Alberto Chiarini,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBit), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Roberto Cevenini,

Roles Conceptualization, Resources

Affiliation Department of Specialized, Experimental, and Diagnostic Medicine (DIMES), Operative Unit of Clinical Microbiology, St. Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital, Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Roberta Budriesi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology (FaBit), Alma Mater Studiorum-University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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In vitro activity of Spirulina platensis water extract against different Candida species isolated from vulvo-vaginal candidiasis cases

Antonella Marangoni,
Claudio Foschi,
Matteo Micucci,
Rogers Alberto Nahui Palomino,
Tullia Gallina Toschi,
Beatrice Vitali,
Luca Camarda,
Mara Mandrioli,
Marta De Giorgio,
Rita Aldini

Published: November 30, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0188567

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