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Vaginal lactobacilli and their derivatives, including cell free culture supernatants (CFS), represent potential strategies for the treatment of Candida infections. In the present paper, the anti-Candida potential of HA and lyophilised CFS (LCFS), obtained from the vaginal strain Lactobacillus crispatus BC5, was investigated. HA and LCFS proved to be active towards a panel of clinical Candida isolates belonging to different species in a dose dependent manner and their association maintained the antifungal activity. Notably, also Candida species generally resistant to conventional antifungals resulted sensitive. A vaginal matrix based on microcrystalline cellulose and containing effective doses of both agents was developed and characterised. This vaginal formulation showed mucoadhesive ability and almost abrogated Candida albicans growth. In conclusion, HA and LCFS from L. crispatus BC5 are thus good candidates to design a new therapeutic strategy to counteract VVC, and the proposed vaginal matrix represents a promising prototype.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/antibiotics10060628","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,25]],"date-time":"2021-05-25T13:14:21Z","timestamp":1621948461000},"page":"628","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Anti-Candida Activity of Hyaluronic Acid Combined with Lactobacillus\u00a0crispatus Lyophilised Supernatant: A New Antifungal Strategy"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1536-9276","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carola","family":"Parolin","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum\u2013University of Bologna, Via San Donato 19\/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Angela","family":"Abruzzo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum\u2013University of Bologna, Via San Donato 19\/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8870-8836","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Barbara","family":"Giordani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum\u2013University of Bologna, Via San Donato 19\/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8381-8742","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Josidel C.","family":"Oliver","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum\u2013University of Bologna, Via San Donato 19\/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy"},{"name":"Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas 37130-001, Brazil"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7397-6560","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonella","family":"Marangoni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Microbiology, Department of Experimental, Diagnostic and Specialty Medicine, Alma Mater Studiorum\u2013University of Bologna, Via Massarenti 9, 40138 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Barbara","family":"Luppi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum\u2013University of Bologna, Via San Donato 19\/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6196-5410","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Beatrice","family":"Vitali","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, Alma Mater Studiorum\u2013University of Bologna, Via San Donato 19\/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"110","DOI":"10.1016\/j.colsurfb.2018.11.011","article-title":"Biofilms and vulvovaginal candidiasis","volume":"174","author":"Gregorio","year":"2019","journal-title":"Coll. 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