Abstract
Objectives The development of new antifungal drugs has become a challenge for pharmaceutical industry due to the increasing incidence of invasive fungal infections. Methods Experience of existing antifungal drugs has shown that, like in bacteria against antibiotics, most fungal species, especially in Candida spp, resistance to previously active drugs is developing and constitutes a major problem in treating invasive fungal infections. Results Among series of newer drugs, experimental data and literature search have unravelled a new class of antifungals, Echinocandins which inhibit successfully Candida spp resistant to other drugs such as fluconazole. One drug, anidulafungin has emerged recently in this class as one of the most active in invasive fungal infections.
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