Course Code: BCM 214
Course Name: Pharmacology II
Lecture Number and Title :
Lecture No 1: Introduction to antifungals
, Devotional Meditation
Isaiah 54:10
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be
removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be
shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed;
says the Lord who has compassion on you.
, Lecture Outline
• Fungal infections
• Systemic antifungal drugs
• Amphotericin B
• Azoles
• Flucytosine
• Echinocandins
, Introduction
• Classified based on the degree of tissue involvement:
I. Superficial/cutaneous mycoses
II. Subcutaneous mycoses
III. Systemic mycoses
IV. Opportunistic mycoses
Course Name: Pharmacology II
Lecture Number and Title :
Lecture No 1: Introduction to antifungals
, Devotional Meditation
Isaiah 54:10
Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be
removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be
shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed;
says the Lord who has compassion on you.
, Lecture Outline
• Fungal infections
• Systemic antifungal drugs
• Amphotericin B
• Azoles
• Flucytosine
• Echinocandins
, Introduction
• Classified based on the degree of tissue involvement:
I. Superficial/cutaneous mycoses
II. Subcutaneous mycoses
III. Systemic mycoses
IV. Opportunistic mycoses
