title: [Fungal diseases of the respiratory tract].
abstract: Fungal infections are becoming more common causes of respiratory disease, since most species of pathogenic fungi occurring in Europe are responsible for developing opportunistic infections. Most cases of fungal infections of the respiratory system are caused by a species commonly encountered in the environment or colonizing saprophytic species such as the gastrointestinal tract. Some recognition of fungal diseases can be determined on the basis of: breeding material taken from the affected places, or blood, or microscopic histopathology. In the treatment of fungal infections of the respiratory system are currently used 3 classes of antifungal drugs: antifungal polyene antibiotics, triazoles and echinocandines.
authors: Military Institute of Medicine in Warsaw, Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of National Defense, Department of Internal Medicine, Pneumonology and Allergology. andrzej-omernik@wp.pl
authors: Andrzej
authors: A
authors: Omernik
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents