Candida and candidiasis [E-Book]

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Candida: what should clinicians and scientists be talking about? / Brad Spellberg, Kieren A. Marr, and Scott G. Filler -- An introduction to the medically important Candida species / Gary Moran, David Coleman, and Derek Sullivan -- Comparative genomics of Candida species / Geraldine Butler -- The genetic code of the Candida CTG clade / Ana Catarina Gomes, Gabriela R. Moura, and Manuel A.S. Santos -- Genome instability and DNA repair / Germ�an Larriba and Richard A. Calderone -- Switching and mating / David R. Soll -- Detection and clinical significance of variability among Candida isolates / Lois L. Hoyer -- Cell cycle and growth control in Candida species / Cheryl A. Gale and Judith Berman -- Immunology of invasive candidiasis / Luigina Romani -- Mucosal immunity to Candida albicans / Paul L. Fidel, Jr. and Mairi C. Noverr -- Innate immunity to Candida infections / Mihai G. Netea and Neil A.R. Gow -- Vaccines and passive immunity against candidiasis / Brad Spellberg, Yue Fu, and Ashraf S. Ibrahim -- Salivary histatins: structure, function, and mechanisms of antifungal activity / Woon Sik Jang and Mira Edgerton -- The cell wall: glycoproteins, remodeling, and regulation / Carol Munro and Mathias L. Richard -- Stress responses in Candida / Alistair J.P. Brown [and others] -- Adhesins in opportunistic fungal pathogens / Rebecca Zordan and Brendan Cormack -- Encounters with mammalian cells: survival strategies of Candida species / Slavena Vylkova and Michael C. Lorenz -- Gene expression during the distinct stages of candidiasis / Duncan Wilson, Francois Mayer, and Bernhard Hube -- Biofilm formation in Candida albicans / Jonathan Sewell Finkel and Aaron P. Mitchell -- Candida spp. in microbial populations and communities: molecular interactions and biological importance / Amy E. Piispanen and Deborah A. Hogan -- Back to the future: Candida mitochondria and energetics / Deepu Alex, Richard Calderone, and Dongmei Li -- Antifungals: drug class, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics, drug-drug interactions, toxicity, and clinical use / Jeniel E. Nett and David R. Andes -- The impact of antifungal drug resistance in the clinic / Russell E. Lewis and Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis -- Insights in antifungal drug discovery / Fran�coise Gay-Andrieu [and others] -- Multidrug resistance transcriptional regulatory networks in Candida / P. David Rogers and Katherine S. Barker -- Mucosal candidiasis / Sanjay G. Revankar and Jack D. Sobel -- Systemic candidiasis: candidemia and deep-organ infections / Cornelius J. Clancy and M. Hong Nguyen -- New developments in diagnostics and management of invasive candidiasis / Sujatha Krishnan and Luis Ostrosky-Zeichner -- The epidemiology of invasive candidiasis / Michael A. Pfaller and Daniel J. Diekema -- Cool tools 1: development and application of a Candida albicans two-hybrid system / Bram Stynen, Patrick Van Dijck, and H�el�ene Tournu -- Cool tools 2: development of a Candida albicans cell surface protein microarray / A. Brian Mochon -- Cool tools 3: large-scale genetic interaction screening in Candida albicans / Yeissa Chabrier-Rosell�o, Anuj Kumar, and Damian Krysan -- Cool tools 4: Imaging Candida infections in the live host / Soumya Mitra, Thomas H. Foster, and Melanie Wellington -- Cool tools 5: the Candida albicans ORFeome project / M�elanie Legrand, Carol Munro, and Christophe D'Enfert.

"The underlying mechanisms of Candida and candidiasis and promising new directions in drug discovery and treatment"--Provided by publisher.

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