Antimicrobial microneedle patch for treating deep cutaneous fungal infection

• Main Authors: Zan, Ping, Than, Aung, Duong, Phan Khanh, Song, Juha, Xu, Chuanhui, Chen, Peng
• Other Authors: School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering; Microneedles; Fungal Infection
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/147531
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Subcutaneous fungal infection is often difficult to be treated by the conventional topical application or oral intake of antifungal agents because of low drug bioavailability to the infection site, lack of sustained therapeutic effect, and development of drug resistance. Here, a new strategy using p...