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Emerging Echinocandin Resistance – A Review

Author(s) -

P. Sneka,

Krishnan Mahalakshmi,

V. Sangamithra

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

journal of pharmaceutical research international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2456-9119

DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i53a33639

Subject(s) - echinocandin , echinocandins , antifungal , medicine , intensive care medicine , drug resistance , candida infections , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , fluconazole , dermatology , caspofungin

Worldwide there is a steady increase in the number of fungal infections each year. Simultaneously, there is a high rise of antifungal resistance among the Candida isolates. This has now become a major concern in hospitalized patients resulting in poor treatment outcome. Echinocandins, a new group of antifungals has given promising results inspite of its increasing rate of resistance exhibited by some Candida species.

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