"Antifungal Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Substances that destroy fungi by suppressing their ability to grow or reproduce. They differ from FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL because they defend against fungi present in human or animal tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D000935
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.505.954.122.136
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| Concept/Terms |
Antifungal Agents- Antifungal Agents
- Agents, Antifungal
- Therapeutic Fungicides
- Fungicides, Therapeutic
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Antifungal Agents" by people in this website by year, and whether "Antifungal Agents" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2008 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2020 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2021 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2023 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Antifungal Agents" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of route of particle engineering on dissolution performance of posaconazole. Int J Pharm. 2025 Jan 25; 669:125025.
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Autochthonous Blastomyces dermatitidis, India. Emerg Infect Dis. 2024 Dec; 30(12):2577-2582.
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Chromoblastomycosis: A Potential Mimic of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Transplant Recipients. Transplant Proc. 2024 Jul-Aug; 56(6):1454-1456.
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Ergosterol promotes aggregation of natamycin in the yeast plasma membrane. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr. 2024 10; 1866(7):184350.
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Delaying the first nucleation event of amorphous solid dispersions above the polymer overlap concentration (c*): PVP and PVPVA in posaconazole. J Pharm Sci. 2025 Jan; 114(1):98-104.
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Emerging Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Invasive Fungal Infections. Infect Dis Clin North Am. 2023 09; 37(3):593-616.
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Peptide YY: A Paneth cell antimicrobial peptide that maintains Candida gut commensalism. Science. 2023 08 04; 381(6657):502-508.
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Disseminated histoplasmosis with central nervous system involvement in a kidney transplant recipient. Transpl Infect Dis. 2023 08; 25(4):e14033.
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Single nucleotide polymorphisms and chromosomal copy number variation may impact the Sporothrix brasiliensis antifungal susceptibility and sporotrichosis clinical outcomes. Fungal Genet Biol. 2022 11; 163:103743.
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Voriconazole-Induced Periostitis in a Transplant Patient. J Clin Rheumatol. 2022 Apr 01; 28(3):e671.