Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets (Formerly Current Drug Targets - Infectious Disorders) - Volume 15, Issue 1, 2015

Multiresistant Gram-negative bacteria are the prime mover of nosocomial infections. Some are naturally resistant to antibiotics, their genetic makes them insensitive to certain families of antibiotics and they transmit these resistors to their offspring. Moreover, when bacteria are subjected to antibiotics, they eventually develop resistance against drugs to which they were previously sensitive. In recent years, many bacterioci Read More

Rabies is a zoonose affecting wild and domestic animals and transmitted to humans through bites or scratches, causing over 60,000 human deaths, annually. The disease results from the transmission of a neurotropic virus leading to invariably deadly encephalitis. The post-exposure prophylaxis consists of careful washing and disinfection of the wound, antibiotherapy and tetanus prophylaxis when needed. Furthermore, rabies va Read More

The present outbreak associated with Ebola disease in Western countries of the African continent which is believed to be one of the massive eruptions caused by the Ebola viral infections. In the present scenario ebola has been transmitted to the European and American regions through the travelers from wide spread countries like Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Nigeria. The viral disease is spreading through the conta Read More

Tuberculosis (TB), a dreadful disease is one of the most important health problems worldwide, and is responsible for approximately 1.3 million death tolls in 2012. DOTS is the currently used drug therapy in TB and the long term drug regimens and patients’ poor compliance lead to emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) TB, which invigorates the research efforts to address the u Read More

Despite therapeutic advances candidiasis remains a common fungal infection most frequently caused by C. albicans and may occur as vulvovaginal candidiasis or thrush, a mucocutaneous candidiasis. Candidiasis frequently occurs in newborns, in immune-deficient people like AIDS patients, and in people being treated with broad spectrum antibiotics. It is mainly due to C. albicans while other species such as C. tropicalis, C. glabra Read More

Surgery associated with trauma and soft tissue injuries after surgery significantly activates the systemic immune response. If an infection after surgery occurs, the response is even stronger. Due to spontaneous activation of immune response and elevated biomarkers for sepsis and cytokines, posttraumatic complications such as new-coming postoperative infections are difficult to diagnose. Sepsis as systemic inflam Read More

Introduction: Serum procalcitonin (PCT) is a biomarker used routinely to diagnose infections. Some malignancies are usual false positives for PCT. However, its value and behavior in the setting of lung cancers are poorly known. The objective of this study was to assess PCT positivity in a lung cancer cases series. Method: Between November 2011 and September 2012, all cases of newly diagnosed lung cancer with a pre-antine Read More

Background: ‘Acute lymphoblastic leukemia is the most common childhood malignancy’. Adding methotrexate to treatment protocols increased survival rate in children with leukemia. Methotrexate efficacy is limited by its hepatotoxicity. Aim of the study: To assess the therapeutic value of Black seed oil in ‘methotrexate induced hepatotoxicity in Egyptian children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia’. Subjects and methods: T Read More