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Echinocandins – structure, mechanism of action and use in antifungal therapy
With increasing number of immunocompromised patients as well as drug resistance in fungi, the risk of fatal fungal infections in humans increases as well. The action of echinocandins is based on the inhibition of β-(1,3)-d-glucan synthesis that builds the fungal cell wall. Caspofungin, micafungin, a...
Autores principales: | Szymański, Mateusz, Chmielewska, Sandra, Czyżewska, Urszula, Malinowska, Marta, Tylicki, Adam |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8933026/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35296203 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14756366.2022.2050224 |
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