Antifungals and Resistance
- Submission status
- Open
- Submission deadline
The Fungal Kingdom includes a phenomenal diversity of organisms, some of which pose devastating threats to agriculture, human health, and biodiversity. There is a limited number of antifungal agents, and the emergence of resistance threatens the efficacy of existing antifungals. There is an urgent need for new strategies to thwart emerging and resistant fungal pathogens alongside the need for greater understanding of one-health aspects. This collection aims to publish cutting-edge research on methods to mitigate fungal infections and to combat the emergence of resistance.
Diverse topics will be covered, including:
- Current antifungals used in medicine, agriculture, and animal husbandry
- Mechanisms enabling the evolution of resistance to antifungal agents
- Emergence of resistance to antifungals in the environment and the clinic
- Reservoirs of antifungal resistance
- Effects of antifungals on microbiomes
- Microbiomes as sources of new antifungals
- Approaches for discovery of new antifungals
- Identifying targets of new antifungals
- Antifungal combinations and synergy
- Antifungal stewardship
- Policy aspects of antifungal development and usage
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3.
Editors
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Matthew Fisher
Professor of Fungal Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK
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Leah Cowen
University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada
