Viral, Parasitic, Bacterial, and Fungal Infections: Antimicrobial, Host Defense, and Therapeutic Strategies

ISBN-13: 9780323857307 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Debasis Bagchi; Amitava Das; Bernard W. Downs

Spis treści

INTRODUCTION 1. Infections: Definitions, classification and etiology 2. Pathophysiology of Infections 3. Diagnosis of Infection 4. Non-Coding RNA: An Overview

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS AND THERAPEUTICS 5. Bacterial infection and their treatment 6. Novel strategies of combating bacterial infection 7. Role of miRNA in bacterial infection 8. AMPs and host defense against bacterial infection 9. Role of nutrients in combating infection

VIRAL INFECTIONS AND THERAPEUTICS 10. Viral Infection and its management 11. Novel strategies to eliminate viral infections 12. The menace of HIV infection 13. Unmasking an Idiopathic Nemesis: The Herpes Virus 14. Zika Virus infections 15. Ebola Virus: Pathogenesis and Treatment 16. Pathophysiology, Detection and Treatment of CoronaVirus 17. Pandemic of Covid-19

FUNGAL INFECTIONS AND THERAPEUTICS 18. Fungal infections: An unrecognized threat 19. Combinatorial strategies for combating fungal infections 20. Sepsis: Prolific Hypoxia-induced Incubation of Anaerobic Organisms 21. Biofilm infection

PARASITIC INFECTIONS AND THERAPEUTICS 22. Parasitic infection 23. Leishmaniasis and its treatment 24. Malaria: Diagnosis, treatment and control 25. Neglected Parasitic Infections 26. Prion diseases

OTHER INFECTIONS AND THERAPEUTICS 27. Development of point-of-care for bacterial infections 28. Surgical Infections