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Antifungal resistance is a One Health concern, driven by multiple extrinsic factors, including extensive fungicidal use, overuse of clinical antifungals, environmental change and host factors. [ 1 ] Like resistance to antibacterials, antifungal resistance can be driven by antifungal use in agriculture.
Evidence-Based Nursing is a peer-reviewed healthcare journal covering the field of evidence-based nursing. It is published quarterly by the BMJ Publishing Group and RCN Publishing. It is abstracted and indexed by Index Medicus , Scopus and Excerpta Medica/EMBASE. The journal performs systematically searches of nursing and medical journals.
Antimicrobial use has been common practice for at least 2000 years. Ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks used specific molds and plant extracts to treat infection. [5]In the 19th century, microbiologists such as Louis Pasteur and Jules Francois Joubert observed antagonism between some bacteria and discussed the merits of controlling these interactions in medicine. [6]
This is a list of notable academic journals about nursing.. AACN Advanced Critical Care; AACN Nursing Scan in Critical Care; Advances in Neonatal Care; American Journal of Critical Care
Most antifungal drugs induce fungal cell death by destroying the cell wall of the fungus. These drugs inhibit the production of ergosterol, which is a fundamental component of the fungal cell membrane and wall. Antifungal drugs are generally classified according to their chemical structures and their corresponding mechanism of actions.
Antifungal medication, used to treat or prevent fungal infections Fungicide , an anti-fungal substance that kills fungi Fungistatics , anti-fungal substances that prevent fungi from growing or reproducing
Fluconazole is a fungistatic antifungal medication that is administered orally or intravenously. It is used to treat a variety of fungal infections, especially Candida infections of the vagina ("yeast infections'), mouth, throat, and bloodstream.
Polyene antimycotics, sometimes referred to as polyene antibiotics, are a class of antimicrobial polyene compounds that target fungi. [1] These polyene antimycotics are typically obtained from certain species of Streptomyces bacteria.