Treatment of fungal infections is more difficult than treatment of bacterial infections because the greater metabolic similarity between the fungi and their hosts limits the ability of a drug to have a selective toxicity.

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Fungi and their hosts share many metabolic pathways and structures, making it more challenging to develop drugs that specifically target fungal cells without harming the host cells. This limits the ability of drugs to have selective toxicity and makes treatment of fungal infections more difficult than bacterial infections.

Treatment of Fungal Infections Is More Difficult Than Treatment of Bacterial