Antifungals
Subtitle: from genomics to resistance and the development of novel agents
By: edited by Alix T. Coste, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Lausanne, and University Hospital Center, Lausanne, Switzerland, and Patrick Vandeputte, Host-Pathogen Interactions Study Group, UPRES-EA 3142, L'UNAM Angers University, and Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, University Hospital Center, Angers, France
Publisher: Caister Academic Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Norfolk, UK
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
ISBN-13: 9781910190012; 9781910190029
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Biofilms; Antifungal agents; Immunotherapy
Description: "In this book a panel of high-profile authors provides an overview of current antifungal research. Chapters are written from a molecular and genomic perspective and contain speculative models upon which to base future research efforts." --
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (some color) and index.
Table of contents: title: Molecular mechanisms of resistance of candida spp. to membrane-targeting antifungals  -- Luís A. Vate-Silva; title: Point mutations and membrane-targeting antifungal resistance in aspergillus fumigatus and other non-candida species  -- Guillermo Garcia-Effron; title: Echinocandins : resistance mechanisms  -- Santosh Katiyar, Thomas Edlind; title: Bioflims and antifungal resistance  -- Emily P Fox, Sheena D Singh-Babak, Nairi Hartooni, Clarissa J Nobile; title: Drug combinations as a strategy to potentiate existing antifungal agents  -- Dominique Sanglard, Leah Cowen; title: Approaches to detect alternative mechanisms of resistance to systemic antifungals  -- Patrick Vandeputte; title: New antifungal discovery from existing chemical compound collections  -- Olihile M Sebolai, Adepemi O Ogundeji; title: Exploring new insights into fungal biology as novel antifungal drug targets  -- Rebecca A Hall, Robin C May; title: Strategies for the identification of the mode of action of antifungal drug candidates  -- Sadri Znaidi; title: Genome integrity : mechanisms and contribution to antifungal resistance  -- Raphaël Loll-Krippleber, Adeline Feri, Christophe d'Enfert, Mélanie Legrand; title: Modulation of the host response to control invasive fungal infections  -- Flavie Courjoi, Thierry Jouault, Chantal Fradin; title: Antifungal vaccines and immunotherapeutics  -- Agostinho Carvalho, Cristina Cunha, Claudia Galosi, Luigina Romani; title: Animal models to study fungal virulence and antifungal drugs -- Alix T Coste, Sara Amorim-Vaz.