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    An antifungal medication, also known as an antimycotic medication, is a pharmaceutical fungicide or fungistatic used to treat and prevent mycosis such...
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  • of topical antifungal drugs are azole antifungals, polyene antifungals, allylamine antifungals, and other antifungals. Azole antifungals inhibit the...
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    1,2,4-thiadiazole 1,2,5-thiadiazole 1,3,4-thiadiazole The search for antifungal agents with acceptable toxicity profiles led first to the discovery of...
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    Ketoconazole (category Antifungals for dermatologic use)
    sold under the brand name Nizoral, among others, is an antiandrogen, antifungal, and antiglucocorticoid medication used to treat a number of fungal infections...
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    Fluconazole (category Triazole antifungals)
    Fluconazole is an antifungal medication used for a number of fungal infections. This includes candidiasis, blastomycosis, coccidioidomycosis, cryptococcosis...
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    Treatment is typically with antifungal creams such as clotrimazole or miconazole. If the scalp is involved, antifungals by mouth such as fluconazole...
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    or itching at the affected area Liranaftate, a similar thiocarbamate antifungal "International Non-Proprietary Names for Pharmaceutical Preparations....
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    include microscopy and culture of skin scrapings. Treatment is with topical antifungal medications and is particularly effective if symptoms have recent onset...
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  • antibiotics to be discontinued, and treatment with antifungal eardrops for three weeks. The antifungal medications can be administered in the form of creams...
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    antibiotic or antifungal activity and are used as pharmaceutical drugs. Rapamycin is also a macrolide and was originally developed as an antifungal, but has...
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    can be treated with topical antifungal medications such as clotrimazole or, for persistent infections, using oral antifungal medications such as terbinafine...
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    present. The condition is not contagious. The typical treatment is topical antifungal cream and anti-inflammatory agents. Specifically, ketoconazole or ciclopirox...
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    amphotericin B may be used if these do not work. A number of topical antifungal medications may be used for vaginal infections, including clotrimazole...
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    The antifungal protein family is a protein family, with members sharing a structure consisting of five antiparallel beta strands which are highly twisted...
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    Amphotericin B (category Antifungals for dermatologic use)
    Amphotericin B is an antifungal medication used for serious fungal infections and leishmaniasis. The fungal infections it is used to treat include mucormycosis...
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    laboratory testing. Onychomycosis does not necessarily require treatment. The antifungal medication terbinafine taken by mouth appears to be the most effective...
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    Zinc pyrithione (category Antifungals)
    environmental toxicity. Ketoconazole, another antifungal agent used in shampoos Piroctone olamine, another antifungal agent used in shampoos Selenium disulfide...
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    Clotrimazole (category Imidazole antifungals)
    Clotrimazole, sold under the brand name Lotrimin, among others, is an antifungal medication. It is used to treat vaginal yeast infections, oral thrush...
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    Diagnosis is based on symptoms. There is no known cure for dandruff. Antifungal cream, such as ketoconazole, or the keratolytic agent salicylic acid may...
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    is the basis for the use of some antifungals against West African sleeping sickness. Amphotericin B, an antifungal drug, targets ergosterol. It binds...
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  • Dermostatin Baron, S.; Dixon, D. M.; Walsh, T. J. (1996). "Antifungal Agents". Polyene Antifungal Drugs. The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston...
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    (antiviral resistance), protozoa (antiprotozoal resistance), and fungi (antifungal resistance). Together, these adaptations fall under the AMR umbrella,...
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    Ciclopirox (category Antifungals)
    these high rates of success might be unreliable." Efinaconazole, an azole antifungal, led to cure rates two or three times better than the next-best topical...
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  • Look up antifungal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Anti-fungal means to kill or to prevent growth of fungi, and may refer to: Antifungal medication...
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    Treatment typically involves antibiotics for bacterial infections and antifungals for fungal infections. If there is pus formation, incision and drainage...
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    oral antifungal medications can be used. Oral medications are taken once a day for 7 days and result in higher clinical cure rates. The antifungal medications...
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    the most common cause. Frequently, a combination topical steroid and antifungal cream is prescribed by a physician. These combinations include betamethasone...
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    Terbinafine (category Antifungals)
    Terbinafine is an antifungal medication used to treat pityriasis versicolor, fungal nail infections, and ringworm including jock itch and athlete's foot...
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    infections can be cured with topical or systemic antifungal medications (commonly over-the-counter antifungal treatments like miconazole or clotrimazole)....
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    varieties into drug-resistance possibly linked to widespread azole-type antifungal use in agriculture. However, explanations for its emergence remain speculative...
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