title: What happens in cidal and static action?
abstract: Using terbinafine and clotrimazole as examples, Dr. Rashid's electron microscopy images illustrate the differences between fungicidal and fungistatic drugs, respectively.
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authors.lastname: Rashid
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003022:Clotrimazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009281:Naphthalenes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013172:Spores, Fungal / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D000077291:Terbinafine; D014005:Tinea / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014249:Trichophyton / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D009281:Naphthalenes; D003022:Clotrimazole; D000077291:Terbinafine