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Antifungals can be grouped into three classes based on their site of action. There are three general mechanisms of action for the antifungal agents. Clinical needs for novel antifungal agents have altered steadily with the rise and fall of aidsrelated mycoses, and the change in spectrum of fatal disseminated fungal infections that has accompanied changes in therapeutic immunosuppressive therapies. If a target is shared between host and pathogen, additional constraints are placed on the selectivity and toxicity of potential antifungal agents. Drug class, mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics. Mechanism of action of antifungal drugs, with special reference to the imidazole derivatives. This greatly reduces the apparently large number of potentially useful targets that is found from genomics searches based only on c. Current concepts in antifungal pharmacology mayo clinic.
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