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. 2018 May 3;13:2647–2663. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S150648

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TEM images (at 6 KX and 25 KX) for Candida cells grown in the absence (no AgNps) and presence of AgNps. (A) Ultrastructure of cells grown without AgNps; cells without treatment revealed well-conserved ultrastructural features with a distinctive cell wall and cytoplasmic membrane and (B) cellular ultrastructure after treatment with 40 μg/mL (MIC₉₀) AgNps; the red arrows indicate damage to the integrity of the cell wall and cytoplasmic membrane after treatment with AgNps.

Abbreviations: AgNps, silver nanoparticles; KX, magnification; MIC, minimum inhibitory concentration; TEM, transmission electron microscopy.