ANTI-INFECTIVE AND IMMUNOMODULATORY COMPOUNDS

摘要

The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods that include the use of anti-infective compounds that potentiate the host- immune response or limit or prevent the expression or activity of individual virulence factors. In addition, the compositions have immunomodulatory activity, and therefore can be used to prime host defenses to prevent or limit bacterial, fungal, and viral viability. In the compositions and methods of the inventions, specific steps of the bacterial-, fungal-, or viral-host interaction are targeted to prevent pathogenesis (e.g., infection). Such an approach should prevent pathogenic organisms from acquiring resistance to the protective anti-infective compounds.