Table of Contents
Table of Contents
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
FUNGI
MEDICAL IMPORTANCE OF FUNGI
FUNGAL BIOFILMS
ADHESION PHASE
MICROCOLONY FORMATION AND MATURATED STAGE
DISSEMINATION STAGE
MODEL SYSTEMS TO STUDY FUNGAL BIOFILMS
FACTORS AFFECTING FUNGAL BIOFILM FORMATION
TEMPERATURE
PH
ANTIFUNGALS, DO WE HAVE ENOUGH CHOICES?
ANTIFUNGAL DRUGS AND THEIR MODE OF ACTION
POLYENES
AZOLES
ECHINOCANDINS
FLUCYTOSINE (5-FC)/NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS
DRUG RESISTANCE IN FUNGAL BIOFILMS
MECHANISM/S OF ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE IN FUNGAL BIOFILMS
ALTERED GROWTH RATE/METABOLIC ACTIVITY
VARIED MOLECULAR DIFFUSION
PRESENCE OF EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE (EPS)
RESISTANT GENES
PERSISTER CELLS
INCREASED STRESS RESPONSE/ANTIOXIDANTS
CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
INDEX