title: Immunomodulatory effects of antimicrobial agents. Part II: antiparasitic and antifungal agents.
abstract: Antiparasitic and antifungal drugs have not received the same high level of recognition as antimicrobial drugs. They are comparatively few in number, the great majority of them were developed more than a century ago, they have many adverse side effects and are subject to the emergence of drug resistance. The second part of the review, devoted to the immunomodulatory effects of antimicrobial agents, addresses the interference of antiparasitic and antifungal agents with the host natural defenses and the deleterious or beneficial consequences of these properties.
authors.affiliation: Inserm SC14 Centre d'Expertise Collective, Université Paris Diderot Paris, 7 Faculté de Médecine Site Bichat, 16 rue Henri Huchard, 75890, Paris Cedex 18, France. marie-therese.labro@inserm.fr
authors.forename: Marie-Thérèse
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Labro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000187:drug effects; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000276:immunology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D051379:Mice; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000977:Antiparasitic Agents; D007155:Immunologic Factors