Viral, Parasitic, Bacterial, and Fungal Infections
Antimicrobial, Host Defense, and Therapeutic Strategies
- 1st Edition - October 15, 2022
- Latest edition
- Editors: Debasis Bagchi, Amitava Das, Bernard William Downs
- Language: English
Viral, Parasitic, Bacterial, and Fungal Infections: Antimicrobial, Host Defense, and Therapeutic Strategies highlight diverse types of infections, including viral, bacterial… Read more
Description
Description
Viral, Parasitic, Bacterial, and Fungal Infections: Antimicrobial, Host Defense, and Therapeutic Strategies highlight diverse types of infections, including viral, bacterial, parasitic, fungal, and the therapeutic efficacy of antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and other medications, nutraceuticals, and phytotherapeutics. This book addresses the molecular, pathophysiological, and cellular pathways involved in the process of infection. It also examines the host defense mechanisms modulated by innate and adaptive immunity. The book starts off with an introduction, which includes etiology, pathophysiology, and diagnosis of infections. It then goes on to cover a wide spectrum of salient features involved in viral, bacterial, parasitic, and fungal infections and effective therapeutic strategies. In addition, there is a complete section of eight chapters elaborating the detailed aspects of COVID-19 infections, Mucormycosis, Omicron, and strategic vaccines and therapeutics. The book further goes on to discuss novel antibiotics, vaccines, bromhexine, boron compounds, phytotherapeutics, and aspects on boosting immune competence. Contributed by experts in the fields of viral, parasitic, bacterial, and fungal infections, the book comprehensively details the various types of infections such as herpes and COVID-19, their molecular mechanisms, and treatment strategies for those engaged in the research of infectious diseases.
Key features
Key features
- Details the pathophysiology of various classes of infections
- Examines mechanisms of pathogenesis, immunity, and therapeutics in bacterial, viral, and eukaryotic infectious diseases
- Discusses various aspects on herpes, COVID-19 infections, Mucormycosis, Omicron, vaccines, and therapeutics
- Covers the salient features on zoonosis, prion disease, and diabetic foot infections
- Provides therapeutic strategies of using new antibiotics, vaccines, bromhexine, boron compounds, structurally diverse phytotherapeutics, immune enhancers, and other modalities for treating infections
Readership
Readership
Table of contents
Table of contents
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
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 16, 2022
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
DB
Debasis Bagchi
Dr. Bagchi is an academic, industry, and clinical-affairs leader in nutraceuticals, functional foods, toxicology, pharmacology, and nutrition science. He holds adjunct faculty appointments at Texas Southern University and Adelphi University, where he contributes to teaching in neurotoxicology and integrative neuroscience, and serves as Director of Innovation and Clinical Affairs at Dr. Herbs LLC. He previously held faculty and senior research leadership roles in pharmaceutical sciences, nutraceuticals, and scientific affairs. Dr. Bagchi has held leadership positions in professional organizations including the International Society of Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods, the American College of Nutrition, and the Institute of Food Technologists’ Nutraceuticals and Functional Foods Division. His work includes extensive peer-reviewed publications, edited books, and patents. He serves in advisory, peer-review, and editorial roles for scientific organizations and journals, with contributions spanning functional foods, nutrition, toxicology, oxidative stress, and biomedical research.
AD
Amitava Das
BD