Why are the side effects of antifungal therapy often more common and severe than for other types of anti-infective drugs?
a. Fungal DNA closely resembles human DNA.
b. Fungi do not respond to antibacterial therapy.
c. Humans have no immunologic resistance to fungus.
d. Most fungal infections are considered pathologic rather than opportunistic.
A
The genetic material of fungi is DNA. Its construction is very similar to human DNA, and drugs that affect fungal DNA are more likely also to affect human DNA. This is one reason that hu-mans respond with more side effects to antifungal therapy than to many antibacterial or antiviral drugs.
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