Scope of the Series

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

**Preface XI**

Pathogenesis Factors of *Candida albicans* **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

*Candida albicans* Infection **37**

**Chapter 2 39**

**Chapter 3 57**

**Chapter 4 75**

Pathogenicity of *Candida albicans* **83**

**Chapter 5 85**

**Chapter 6 101**

Molecular Mechanisms of Resistance to Antifungals in *Candida albicans by Estela Ruiz-Baca, Rosa Isela Arredondo-Sánchez, Karina Corral-Pérez, Angélica López-Rodríguez, Iván Meneses-Morales, Víctor M. Ayala-García* 

*by Rashi Verma, Dibyabhaba Pradhan, Harpreet Singh, Arun Kumar Jain* 

Pathogenicity Mechanism of *Candida albicans*

*and Ana Lilia Martínez-Rocha*

*and Luqman Ahmad Khan*

Candida Onychomycosis: Mini Review

*Candida albicans* and Abortion *by Humam Kasem Hussein*

*Candida albicans*

Preventive Strategy *by Ahmad Ibrahim*

**Section 3**

*by Snigdha Pattnaik, Laxmidhar Maharana and Manoj Sethi*

Mechanism of Molecular, Metabolic and Immune Response on

Metabolic Network Modeling for Rational Drug Design against

Responses of White Blood Cells to Killed *Candida albicans* as a

*by Sandra Widaty, Eliza Miranda and Caroline Oktarina*

The series will give a most comprehensive overview of recent trends in various infectious diseases (as per the most recent Baltimore classification), as well as general concepts of infections, immunopathology, diagnosis, treatment, epidemiology and etiology to current clinical recommendations in management of infectious diseases, highlighting the ongoing issues, recent advances, with future directions in diagnostic approaches and therapeutic strategies. This book series will focus on various aspects and properties of infectious diseases whose deep understanding is very important for safeguarding human race from more loss of resources and economies due to pathogens.
