Biofilm Formation as a Pathogenicity Factor of Medically Important Fungi
( Fungal Pathogenicity )
Publication series ： Fungal Pathogenicity
Author： Taissa Vieira Machado Vila and Sonia Rozental
Publisher： IntechOpen
Publication year： 2016
E-ISBN: INT6078962768
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9789535123941
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9789535123934
Subject： TS2 food industry
Keyword： 食品工业
Language： ENG
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Biofilm Formation as a Pathogenicity Factor of Medically Important Fungi
Description
To cause disease, the infectious agent makes use of both invasiveness factors—the pathogen virulence factors—and the ability to resist and evade the host immune system. The success of the infection process is the result of a complex equation involving pathogen interaction with the host, wherein the expression of several virulence factors (and not just one or the other) will favor the establishment of the pathogen in the host. Fungal pathogens are frequently associated with biofilm formation.
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