1. Experimental Approaches to Antifungal Chemotherapy
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Gravestock Mb, Wilson Rg, John F. Ryley, and Poyser Jp
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Antifungal ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Chemotherapy ,Oral treatment ,medicine.drug_class ,business.industry ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Topical treatment ,Lesion ,Immunology ,medicine ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Intensive care medicine - Abstract
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the experimental approaches to antifungal chemotherapy. Fungal diseases in general occur in all parts of the world and affect all ages, though a number of particular species are restricted geographically in their incidence. It goes without saying that a systemic fungal infection will require systemic treatment. When however the fungus is confined to the skin or mucosal membranes, then the possibility exists of applying a topical treatment to the affected area, or alternatively treating the infection systemically, getting the parasite from “behind.” With a topical treatment the patient may feel he is doing something positive by applying the medication to the lesion whereas an oral treatment may give the feeling of irrelevance. On the other hand there would seem little point in applying a messy treatment to an already messy lesion if an alternative oral treatment were available.
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- 1981