Dr. P. K. Shukla

Biography

Dr. P. K. Shukla is currently a Senior Principal Scientist & In Charge in the department of Microbiology CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India. HE published more than 30 research articles.

Research Interest

Fungal Infections Fungi are eukaryotic, single cell or multicellular organisms which cause a wide range of human diseases ranging from superficial skin to invasive life-threatening infections. Over the last couple of decades the incidence of life- threatening fungal infections has increased seriously as the patients of AIDS, cancer, organ transplant and immune compromised population has increased. Though a significant progress has been made in the discovery of antifungal agents in the form of polyenes, azoles and allylamines yet the antifungal therapy poses severe challenge because of the side effects, narrow spectrum of activity and recently development resistance among patients against the present antifungals