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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 10.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2017 May 12;16(9):603–616. doi: 10.1038/nrd.2017.46

Figure 1. Currently available antifungal compounds and future derivatives thereof.

Figure 1

There are currently four classes of antifungals available: polyenes, flucytosine, azoles and echinocandins. Improvements have been made to three of these classes to increase efficacy or reduce toxicity. Future generations of these classes of compounds are in development.