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Preface |
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Acknowledgments |
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Abbreviation list |
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Glossary |
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1 Human pathogenic microbes (bacterial and fungal) and associated diseases |
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1.2 Human--pathogen interaction |
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1.3 Human pathogenic fungal microorganisms |
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1.4 Human pathogenic fungal diseases |
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1.5 Human pathogenic bacterial microorganisms |
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1.6 Human pathogenic bacterial diseases |
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1.7 Summary and future perspectives |
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25 | (1) |
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26 | (5) |
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2 Evolution of antimicrobial drug resistance in human pathogenic bacteria |
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31 | (2) |
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2.2 Current status of resistance to antibacterial drugs |
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33 | (1) |
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2.3 Surveillance of antibacterial resistance / tolerance |
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2.4 Molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial drug resistance in human pathogenic bacteria |
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35 | (2) |
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2.5 Resistance to antibacterial drugs in selected bacteria of international concern |
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2.6 Economic burden of antibacterial resistance and its impacts on human health |
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42 | (2) |
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2.7 Surveillance of antimicrobial drug resistance in disease-specific programs |
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44 | (2) |
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2.8 Evolution of drug resistance in mycobacterium tuberclosis |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (1) |
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48 | (5) |
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3 Evolution of antimicrobial drug resistance in human pathogenic fungi |
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3.2 Molecular mechanisms governing antimicrobial drug resistance phenomenon in the human pathogenic fungi |
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55 | (9) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (6) |
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4 Combating human bacterial infections: need for new antibacterial drugs and therapeutics |
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4.2 Common human bacterial infections |
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72 | (12) |
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84 | (5) |
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4.6 Development of new antimicrobial agents |
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91 | (2) |
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101 | (2) |
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5 Combating human fungal infections: need for new antifungal drugs and therapies |
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5.2 Different classes of antifungals |
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107 | (3) |
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5.3 Need for new antifungal drugs and therapies |
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5.4 Potential alternative antifungals to combat drug resistance in pathogenic fungi |
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112 | (8) |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (8) |
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6 Significance of immunotherapy for human bacterial diseases and antibacterial drug discovery |
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6.2 Immunotherapy and its types |
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6.3 Immunotherapies for bacterial infections |
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6.4 Emerging technologies against bacterial pathogens |
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146 | (1) |
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6.5 Adjuvant immunotherapies as novel strategies to bacterial infection |
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147 | (5) |
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6.6 Development of therapeutic antibodies |
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152 | (3) |
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155 | (1) |
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155 | (6) |
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161 | (2) |
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7 Significance of immunotherapy for human fungal diseases and antifungal drug discovery |
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163 | (3) |
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7.2 Human fungal infections |
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7.3 Potential immunotherapies for fungal diseases |
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171 | (2) |
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7.4 Different immunotherapeutic approaches against human fungal infections |
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7.5 Advantages of immunotherapies for fungal diseases |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (5) |
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8 Combinatorial approach to combat drug resistance in human pathogenic bacteria |
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8.2 Food-borne bacterial infections |
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8.3 Antibiotic treatment and their efficiency analysis |
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8.4 Antibiotic resistance and antimicrobial resistance shown by Salmonella |
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8.5 Future approach to fight salmonellosis |
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8.6 Combinatorial approach in tuberculosis |
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8.7 Therapeutics and their efficiency analysis |
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8.8 Advanced therapeutics for tuberculosis |
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8.9 Current therapeutics for treatment of cholera |
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200 | (1) |
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8.10 Advanced therapies against human pathogenic bacteria |
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201 | (1) |
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202 | (5) |
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9 Combinatorial approach to combat drug resistance in human pathogenic fungi |
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9.2 Major classes of antifungal drugs |
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9.3 Overview of combination therapy |
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216 | (3) |
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9.4 Mechanism of drug interactions |
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219 | (3) |
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9.5 Benefits of using drug combinations/applications of combinatorial approach |
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222 | (4) |
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226 | (1) |
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10 Recent trends in the development of bacterial and fungal vaccines |
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10.2 Understanding host--pathogen interaction |
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240 | (5) |
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10.3 Immunity and vaccination |
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245 | (5) |
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10.4 Vaccine development against bacterial pathogens |
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250 | (2) |
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10.5 Understanding vaccine development against fungal pathogens |
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252 | (2) |
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Index |
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