Table 3.
Silver nanoparticles’ effect on dermatophyte growth, dry mycelial weight, cellular leakage, and biofilm inhibition. Values express the means of three repetitions.
| Dermatophyte Strains |
Cell Growth DO570 nm |
Mycelial Dry Weight (mg) |
Cellular Leakage (%) | Biofilm Inhibition BI (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Untreated | AgNPs | Untreated | AgNPs | AgNPs | AgNPs | |
| T. rubrum | 0.376 ± 0.017 | 0.101 ± 0.09 | 44 ± 0.057 | 3 ± 0 | 59.7 ± 0.01 | 92 ± 0.102 |
| T. interdigitale | 0.331 ± 0.031 | 0.043 ± 0.015 | 59.6 ± 0.25 | 21.66 ± 0 | 54.3 ± 0.3 | 87 ± 0.05 |
| M.canis | 0.242 ± 0.067 | 0.102 ± 0.03 | 30 ± 0.01 | 13.5 | 68.3 ± 0.12 | 82 ± 0.02 |