Antifungal Drugs: The Current Armamentarium and Development of New Agents

Disease and death caused by fungal infections have transitioned from a rare curiosity to a major global health problem. Because the vast majority of fungi capable of causing life‐threatening infections target individuals with impaired immunity, recent decades have witnessed a stark rise in fungal infections due to medical interventions such as chemotherapy for cancer and immunosuppression for organ transplantation and due to the prevalence of …