Editorial: Vaccines, Immunotherapy and New Antifungal Therapy against Fungi: Updates in the New Frontier
نویسندگان
چکیده
Department of Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 2 Laboratory of Medical Mycology, Institute of Tropical Medicine of São Paulo—LIM53/Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Departments of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States
منابع مشابه
Vaccines and immunotherapy against fungi: the new frontier
Invasive fungal diseases have increased many fold over the past 50 years. Current treatment regimens typically require prolonged administration of antifungal medications that can have significant toxicity. Moreover, our present potent antifungal armamentarium fails to eradicate fungal pathogens from certain compromised hosts. Additionally, invasive fungal diseases continue to have unacceptably ...
متن کاملRNAi technology: A Novel approaches against fungal infections
Despite the introduction of new antifungal agents, resistances to antifungal therapy continue to increase and outcome of invasive fungal infections treatment is frequently suboptimal. A large amount of the recent effort in antifungal drug discovery has focused on a limited set of targets with functions known or expected to be important for fungal viability and virulence. A variety of techniques...
متن کاملAntifungal Activity of Natural Dye from Aerial Biomass of Barleria prionitisL. and Dyed Fabrics
Natural dye extracted from aerial parts of Barleria prionitis and different kinds of textile fabrics dyed with the natural dye were investigated for their antifungal activity. Antifungal activity of natural dye and dyed fabrics was assessed against standard strains of five fungi namely Aspergillus flavus, A. niger, A. parasiticus, Fusarium moniliforme and Penicillium canescens using agar-we...
متن کاملImmunotherapy and Antifungal Drugs of Candidiasis: Achievements and Challenges
Candida albicans is the most common cause of invasive candidiasis, but in recent years the incidence of infections caused by other species such as Candida Kruzei, Candida glabrata, Candida tropicalis, Candida parapsilosis and Candida lusitania has increased. In the last decade, the treatment methods for invasive candidiasis have changed completely, and a successful treatment depends on the time...
متن کاملIn Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of New Substituted Phenylthiazole Derivatives
Background: In this study, we evaluated antibacterial and antifungle activity of these derivatives against gram positive (Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtilis, B. cereus), gram negative (Proteus vulgaris) bacteria and fungale (Candida albicans, C. tropicalis and C. glabrata). Methods: The broth macro dilution and well agar diffusion methods were used for determination of inhibition zoom (I...
متن کامل