| abstract |
Embodiments herein provide for methods for therapy of infectious diseases. In certain embodiments, methods and compositions comprise one or more agents capable of increasing thiocyanate efflux. Other embodiments further include treating an infection in a subject with an agent capable of increasing thiocyanate or thiocyanate-like compound efflux from cells of a subject thereby treating an infection in the subject. In certain embodiments, therapeutic methods involve the administration of such agents to a subject having or suspected of developing a bacterial, viral, fungal or protozoan infection. |