antifungal drugs classification and mechanism

Antifungal drugs: classification, mechanism, uses and side effects

Antifungal drugs are used for superficial and deep/systemic fungal infections. Fungal infections are usually associated with the use of broad-spectrum antimicrobials, corticosteroids, anticancer or immunosuppressant drugs, indwelling catheters and implants, and emergence of AIDS. Saprophytic fungi can easily invade live tissue as a result of the aforesaid disruption of the host defence mechanisms. There are […]

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