Antifungal Resistance, Metabolic Routes as Drug Targets, and New Antifungal Agents: An Overview about Endemic Dimorphic Fungi

• Main Authors: Juliana Alves Parente-Rocha (Author), Alexandre Melo Bailão (Author), André Correa Amaral (Author), Carlos Pelleschi Taborda (Author), Juliano Domiraci Paccez (Author), Clayton Luiz Borges (Author), Maristela Pereira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diseases caused by fungi can occur in healthy people, but immunocompromised patients are the major risk group for invasive fungal infections. Cases of fungal resistance and the difficulty of treatment make fungal infections a public health problem. This review explores mechanisms used by fungi to pr...