Rezafungin: first approval

YY Syed - Drugs, 2023 - Springer
Rezafungin (Rezzayo™), an intravenous once-weekly echinocandin that inhibits 1, 3-β-d-
glucan synthase, is being developed by Cidara Therapeutics. In March 2023, rezafungin …

Novel antifungals and treatment approaches to tackle resistance and improve outcomes of invasive fungal disease

M Hoenigl, A Arastehfar, MC Arendrup… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fungal infections are on the rise, driven by a growing population at risk and climate change.
Currently available antifungals include only five classes, and their utility and efficacy in …

Overview about Candida auris: what's up 12 years after its first description?

G Desoubeaux, AT Coste, C Imbert… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Candida auris has been described as an emerging yeast species during the last decade. As
many as 25% of its strains may naturally exhibit multi-drug resistance to the currently …

Broad susceptibility of Candida auris strains to 8-hydroxyquinolines and mechanisms of resistance

MB Lohse, MT Laurie, S Levan, N Ziv, CL Ennis… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The fungal pathogen Candida auris represents a severe threat to hospitalized patients. Its
resistance to multiple classes of antifungal drugs and ability to spread and resist …

New treatment options for critically important WHO fungal priority pathogens

L Kriegl, M Egger, J Boyer, M Hoenigl… - Clinical Microbiology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Yet often overlooked in public health discourse, fungal infections pose a
crucialglobal disease burden associated with annual mortality rates approximately equal to …

Recent Antifungal Pipeline Developments against Candida auris: A Systematic Review

RJ Treviño-Rangel, GM González, AM Montoya… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The alarming spread and impact of multidrug-resistant Candida auris infections alongside
the limited therapeutic options have prompted the development of new antifungals. These …

Heightened Efficacy of Anidulafungin When Used in Combination with Manogepix or 5-Flucytosine against Candida auris In Vitro

LLH John, DD Thomson, T Bicanic… - Antimicrobial agents …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Candida auris is an emerging, multidrug-resistant fungal pathogen that causes refractory
colonization and life-threatening, invasive nosocomial infections. The high proportion of C …

How urgent is the need for new antifungals?

AG Stewart, DL Paterson - Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Invasive fungal infection carries a high morbidity, mortality and economic cost.
In recent times, a rising incidence of fungal infection and antifungal resistance is occurring …

Raman Imaging of Pathogenic Candida auris: Visualization of Structural Characteristics and Machine-Learning Identification

G Pezzotti, M Kobara, T Asai, T Nakaya… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Invasive fungal infections caused by yeasts of the genus Candida carry high morbidity and
cause systemic infections with high mortality rate in both immunocompetent and …

[HTML][HTML] Small molecules for combating multidrug-resistant superbug Candida auris infections

J Tu, N Liu, Y Huang, W Yang, C Sheng - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
Candida auris is emerging as a major global threat to human health. C. auris infections are
associated with high mortality due to intrinsic multi-drug resistance. Currently, therapeutic …