Summary Essential Anti fungal Notes for Academic Excellence.

Antifung
al Drugs
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, Learning Outcome
At the end, you should be able to:
– Know general classes of fungal infections
– Know the classification of antifungal drugs
– Know the Mechanism of action and their basic
uses




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, Major fungal infections
The following are some major fungal
infections:
– Cutaneous infection - skin, hair and nails
• E.g. athlete’s foot, ringworms
– Mucocutaneous – moist skin and mucous
membranes
• E.g. Candida albicans
– Systemic – inversive Aspergillus, cryptococcal
meningiditis, pulmonary histoplasmosis and
systemic candidiasis.

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, Antifungal drugs
Antifungal drugs are a diverse group of
medications used to treat fungal infections
such as:
– ringworm
– athletes foot
– Candidiasis,
– Coccidiomycosis,
– Cryptococcal meningitis

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