By comparison, the risks surrounding the emergence of antifungal resistance, and its impact on human health, are much less appreciated, and current approaches to address it are insufficient to ...

Only four classes of antifungal drugs currently exist, and pathogen resistance to these medications complicates treatment. A research team has identified the resistance mutations of the fungus Candida ...

Standard treatment is to give what are known as the triazole class of antifungal drugs. However, there has been a significant worldwide increase in resistance to these medicines. “Early and accurate ...

Many of the fungal pathogens are resistant to treatment with current drugs – of which only four classes are in use – or can rapidly acquire resistance during treatment or in their natural ...

Evidence for resistance is growing Several antifungal resistance mechanisms are now known, including: drug efflux, alterations in drug targets, changes in cell membrane and lipid composition ...

According to experts, even though AMR has traditionally been linked to bacteria, there is an increasing and sometimes unnoticed focus on antifungal resistance, which presents a substantial public ...

Deadly human fungal infections caused by certain strains of Aspergillus fungi appear to be developing resistance to current drug treatments at an alarming rate, say scientists. University of ...