Invasive candidiasis: current clinical challenges and unmet needs in adult populations

A Soriano, PM Honore, P Puerta-Alcalde… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Invasive candidiasis (IC) is a serious infection caused by several Candida species, and the
most common fungal disease in hospitals in high-income countries. Despite overall …

Novel therapeutic approaches to invasive candidiasis: considerations for the clinician

F Lamoth - Infection and Drug Resistance, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Invasive candidiasis (IC), due to the yeast pathogen Candida, is still a major cause of in-
hospital morbidity and mortality. The limited number of antifungal drug classes and the …

Investigational antifungal agents for invasive mycoses: a clinical perspective

F Lamoth, RE Lewis… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Treatment of invasive fungal infections (IFIs) remains challenging, because of the
limitations of the current antifungal agents (ie, mode of administration, toxicity, and drug-drug …

Invasive candidiasis: investigational drugs in the clinical development pipeline and mechanisms of action

M Hoenigl, R Sprute, A Arastehfar… - Expert opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The epidemiology of invasive Candida infections is evolving. Infections caused
by non-albicans Candida spp. are increasing; however, the antifungal pipeline is more …

Antifungal pipeline

TP McCarty, PG Pappas - Frontiers in cellular and infection …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In many ways, fungal diseases are forgotten or neglected. Given the significantly lower
frequency compared to similar bacterial etiologies across the spectrum of infectious …

The role of novel antifungals in the management of candidiasis: a clinical perspective

EE Ordaya, J Clement, P Vergidis - Mycopathologia, 2023 - Springer
Mucosal and invasive candidiasis can be challenging to treat in the setting of drug
intolerance, antifungal resistance, drug–drug interactions, or host immune status …

The antifungal pipeline for invasive fungal diseases: what does the future hold?

CF Neoh, W Jeong, DCM Kong… - Expert Review of Anti …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Over the last two decades, we have experienced pressing needs for new
additions to the antifungal armamentarium given the emergence of resistant fungi, the …

Phase 1b safety and pharmacokinetics of intravenous and oral fosmanogepix in patients with acute myeloid leukaemia and neutropenia

OA Cornely, H Ostermann, P Koehler… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objectives Fosmanogepix (APX001), a first-in-class, intravenous (IV) and oral (PO)
antifungal prodrug, is being developed to treat invasive fungal diseases (IFDs). Manogepix …

Antifungal development and the urgency of minimizing the impact of fungal diseases on public health

HC de Oliveira, BT Bezerra… - ACS bio & med Chem …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Fungal infections are a major public health problem resulting from the lack of public policies
addressing these diseases, toxic and/or expensive therapeutic tools, scarce diagnostic tests …

[HTML][HTML] In silico drug-like properties prediction and in vivo antifungal potentials of Citrullus lanatus seed oil against Candida albicans

VO Apeh, OU Njoku, FOC Nwodo, IF Chukwuma… - Arabian Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Citrullus lanatus seed is an important but neglected seed rich in essential fatty acids. The
study sought to investigate in silico and in vivo antifungal activity of some bioactive …