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Superficial fungal infections and their pharmacotherapy

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Sarita 1, Neha Mathur1*, Pooja Chawla2
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.5.429

Abstract

In the current scenario immunocompromised patients are increasing day by day due to tuberculosis, cancer, AIDS and various new pandemic diseases, these patients are very prone to fungal infection also. Dermatophyte infections (Tinea) caused by group of organisms belongs to three genera namely Epidermatophyton, Trichophyton and Microsporum belonging to the family arthrodermataceae. Invasive fungal infections are caused by human fungal pathogens Candida albicans, Aspergillus fumigatus & Cryptococcus neoformans. Pathogenic fungal strain develops due to resistance towards available pharmacotherapy so new molecular targets are required to find and explore new molecular targets. New curative therapy is also required in current scenario to

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