Antifungal Therapy

All you need to know about fungal infections in a single source. Antifungal Therapy provides a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the pertinent issues of antifungal treatment and management.

Divided into four interrelated sections which can be of use to facilitate discussion, this source covers:

• the history of antifungals from the discovery of polyenes to echinocandins: antifungal susceptibility methods, patient management, animal models in drug development, therapeutic strategies, pharmacokinetics and pharmacogenomics, and trends in resistance
• clinically available antifungals: spectrum of activity, mode of action and toxicity, resistance issues, and combination therapy
• clinical management issues with invasive fungal infections: overview of treatment strategies and emerging fungal infections and diseases
• management of different risk groups: fungal infectio