A REVIEW ON ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS RESISTANCE AND NATURAL ANTIFUNGAL
Pranut Maurya, Pranjul Shrivastava*, Khushboo Gupta, Sandip Prasad Tiwari
Faculty of Pharmacy, Kalinga University, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh India (492101)
ABSTRACT
Recent years have seen an increase in the occurrence of fungal infections, which calls for quick action. Rarely can fungal infections develop in the early stages, which would increase the infection’s severity and make treatment more difficult. Several Strategies are used by fungal pathogens to avoid the enhance the host immune system and increase the intensity of infections. Antifungal medications from the available Repertoire are used to treat a variety of superficial and systemic infections. Antifungal therapy is complicated by the well-established evidence of fungal Resistance to the majority of antifungal medications, which makes disease control Difficult. Fungal resistance develops as a result of a number of physiological Adaptations, genetic alterations, and selection in the presence of antifungal drugs. The demand for antifungal therapy is driven by the scarcity of antifungal medications, resistance emergence, and biofilm-induced resistance.
Keywords: Mycology, Fungal pathogens, Antifungal resistance, natural antifungal.
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