Antifungal Agents

With the growing frequency of fungal infections even as resistance to existing antifungal agents increases, methods for finding novel drug targets and evaluating antifungal resistance have become more important than ever. In Antifungal Agents: Methods and Protocols, expert scientists describe in det...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ernst, Erika J. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Totowa, NJ Humana 2005, 2005
Edition:1st ed. 2005
Series:Methods in Molecular Medicine
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Susceptibility Testing Methods of Antifungal Agents
  • Antifungal Resistance
  • Deoxyribonucleic Acid Fingerprinting Methods for Candida Species
  • CARE-2 Fingerprinting of Candida albicans Isolates
  • Targeted Gene Deletion in Candida albicans Wild-Type Strains by MPA R Flipping
  • Application of Deoxyribonucleic Acid Microarray Analysis to the Study of Azole Antifungal Resistance in Candida albicans
  • Application of Proteomic Analysis to the Study of Azole Antifungal Resistance in Candida albicans
  • Techniques for Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Candida albicans Biofilms
  • Antifungal Development and Evaluation
  • Natural Products and Antifungal Drug Discovery
  • Use of an Animal Model of Disseminated Candidiasis in the Evaluation of Antifungal Therapy
  • Murine Model of Invasive Aspergillosis
  • Antifungal Combinations
  • Postantifungal Effect Methods
  • Host Responses and Immunotherapy
  • Evaluation of Immunotherapy in Invasive Candidiasis
  • Interaction of Histoplasma capsulatum With Human Macrophages, Dendritic Cells, and Neutrophils
  • Immunology of Infection Caused by Cryptococcus neoformans