Human Pathogenic Microbes
Diseases and Concerns
- 1st Edition - March 16, 2022
- Author: Manzoor Ahmad Mir
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 6 1 2 7 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 4 2 6 - 6
Considering the global emerging human pathogenic microbial diseases and trends, Human Pathogenic Microbes is framed to provide deep insights into the epidemic and emerging… Read more

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Request a sales quoteConsidering the global emerging human pathogenic microbial diseases and trends, Human Pathogenic Microbes is framed to provide deep insights into the epidemic and emerging bacterial and fungal infections and diseases in humans. It presents novel, up-to-date, and cutting-edge knowledge regarding various human pathogenic microbes, their associated drug resistance mechanisms, and different diseases caused by them.
Human Pathogenic Microbes reflects the current research and development on the evolution of bacterial and fungal drug resistance: different bacterial and fungal antimicrobial drug resistance mechanisms along with their biological and molecular aspects.
In a nutshell, Human Pathogenic Microbes describes a various bacterial and fungal diseases caused by different human pathogenic microbes employing different drug resistance mechanisms and processes. It also highlights the novel emerging approaches (Immunological and combinatorial) that will aid to fight against such bacterial and fungal pathogens.
- Provides a brief but thorough and recent knowledge of various human pathogenic microbes, their associated drug resistance mechanisms, and different diseases caused by them
- Describes the different aspects of fungal, bacterial and antimicrobial resistance
- Addresses novel antimicrobial agents and approaches
Clinical microbiologists, infectious disease specialists, mycologists, microbiologists, epidemiologists, researchers, and medicos in the field of microbiology. Ph.D. students and postdocs in the concerned field. Graduate and postgraduate medical students. Graduate and postgraduate students associated with Microbiology, Microbial Biotechnology, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Medical laboratories, etc. Postgraduate and graduate students pursuing normal graduations in Science with subjects as Microbiology/Medical Microbiology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviation list
- Glossary
- Chapter 1. Human pathogenic microbes (bacterial and fungal) and associated diseases
- 1.1. Introduction
- 1.2. Human–pathogen interaction
- 1.3. Human pathogenic fungal microorganisms
- 1.4. Human pathogenic fungal diseases
- 1.5. Human pathogenic bacterial microorganisms
- 1.6. Human pathogenic bacterial diseases
- 1.7. Summary and future perspectives
- Chapter 2. Evolution of antimicrobial drug resistance in human pathogenic bacteria
- 2.1. Introduction
- 2.2. Current status of resistance to antibacterial drugs
- 2.3. Surveillance of antibacterial resistance/tolerance
- 2.4. Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial drug resistance in human pathogenic bacteria
- 2.5. Resistance to antibacterial drugs in selected bacteria of international concern
- 2.6. Economic burden of antibacterial resistance and its impacts on human health
- 2.7. Surveillance of antimicrobial drug resistance in disease-specific programs
- 2.8. Evolution of drug resistance in mycobacterium tuberclosis
- 2.9. Future perspectives
- Chapter 3. Evolution of antimicrobial drug resistance in human pathogenic fungi
- 3.1. Introduction
- 3.2. Molecular mechanisms governing antimicrobial drug resistance phenomenon in the human pathogenic fungi
- 3.3. Conclusions
- Chapter 4. Combating human bacterial infections: need for new antibacterial drugs and therapeutics
- 4.1. Introduction
- 4.2. Common human bacterial infections
- 4.3. Salmonellosis
- 4.4. Tuberculosis
- 4.5. Cholera
- 4.6. Development of new antimicrobial agents
- 4.7. Future perspectives
- Chapter 5. Combating human fungal infections: need for new antifungal drugs and therapies
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. Different classes of antifungals
- 5.3. Need for new antifungal drugs and therapies
- 5.4. Potential alternative antifungals to combat drug resistance in pathogenic fungi
- 5.5. Future perspectives
- Chapter 6. Significance of immunotherapy for human bacterial diseases and antibacterial drug discovery
- 6.1. Introduction
- 6.2. Immunotherapy and its types
- 6.3. Immunotherapies for bacterial infections
- 6.4. Emerging technologies against bacterial pathogens
- 6.5. Adjuvant immunotherapies as novel strategies to bacterial infection
- 6.6. Development of therapeutic antibodies
- 6.7. Future perspectives
- Chapter 7. Significance of immunotherapy for human fungal diseases and antifungal drug discovery
- 7.1. Introduction
- 7.2. Human fungal infections
- 7.3. Potential immunotherapies for fungal diseases
- 7.4. Different immunotherapeutic approaches against human fungal infections
- 7.5. Advantages of immunotherapies for fungal diseases
- 7.6. Future perspectives
- Chapter 8. Combinatorial approach to combat drug resistance in human pathogenic bacteria
- 8.1. Introduction
- 8.2. Food-borne bacterial infections
- 8.3. Antibiotic treatment and their efficiency analysis
- 8.4. Antibiotic resistance and antimicrobial resistance shown by Salmonella
- 8.5. Future approach to fight salmonellosis
- 8.6. Combinatorial approach in tuberculosis
- 8.7. Therapeutics and their efficiency analysis
- 8.8. Advanced therapeutics for tuberculosis
- 8.9. Current therapeutics for treatment of cholera
- 8.10. Advanced therapies against human pathogenic bacteria
- 8.11. Future perspectives
- Chapter 9. Combinatorial approach to combat drug resistance in human pathogenic fungi
- 9.1. Introduction
- 9.2. Major classes of antifungal drugs
- 9.3. Overview of combination therapy
- 9.4. Mechanism of drug interactions
- 9.5. Benefits of using drug combinations/applications of combinatorial approach
- 9.6. Future perspectives
- Chapter 10. Recent trends in the development of bacterial and fungal vaccines
- 10.1. Introduction
- 10.2. Understanding host–pathogen interaction
- 10.3. Immunity and vaccination
- 10.4. Vaccine development against bacterial pathogens
- 10.5. Understanding vaccine development against fungal pathogens
- 10.6. Future perspectives
- Index
- No. of pages: 290
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 16, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323961271
- eBook ISBN: 9780323954266
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