To my knowledge, there are a few (not actually that many) existing antifungals, but as I commented above, they mostly aren’t very good, and in several deadly fungal infections they are almost pointless.
Also, when a new fungal pathogen comes out, it might be harmless, or it might be big trouble, nobody can predict that. A good example I’ve seen mentioned a few times is Candida Auris (pretty serious and often deadly fungal infection) that emerged in 2009 independently in several regions of the world, pretty much out of nowhere. And the scary thing is that it was drug-resistant from the start! I think researchers aren’t quite sure why it emerged, but it could be related to climate change.
To my knowledge, there are a few (not actually that many) existing antifungals, but as I commented above, they mostly aren’t very good, and in several deadly fungal infections they are almost pointless.
Also, when a new fungal pathogen comes out, it might be harmless, or it might be big trouble, nobody can predict that. A good example I’ve seen mentioned a few times is Candida Auris (pretty serious and often deadly fungal infection) that emerged in 2009 independently in several regions of the world, pretty much out of nowhere. And the scary thing is that it was drug-resistant from the start! I think researchers aren’t quite sure why it emerged, but it could be related to climate change.