Vaccines, Immunotherapy and New Antifungal Therapy Against Fungi: Updates in the New Frontier

• Main Author: Carlos P. Taborda (auth)
• Other Authors: Joshua D. Nosanchuk (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); antifugal drugs; vaccine; peptide; antibody; virulence; fungi; immunotherapy; humanized antibody; mycosis; cell biology
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...