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| | 05/16/08 - 01:28 PM  
 
   
 
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kaplan says Azoles are fungicidal....but i read it in USMLE world that it is Fungistatic....which one is correct????
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| | 05/16/08 - 05:41 PM  
 
   
 
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Azoles are fungistatic. Fungistatic drugs inhibit synthesis of the fungus and doesn't destroy. Fungicidals destroy. Azoles inhibit ergosterol synthesis-------->fungistatic
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