Primarily, the antimycotic amphotericin B (a polyene) is used for treating protothecosis caused by P. wickerhamii.<p>Interestingly and worryingly, there are very few antimycotics and there aren't enough new ones in the pharma pipeline. C. auris is on the verge of being untreatable because of resistances to all 3 classes: triazoles, polyenes, and echinocandins.<p>PS: IANA[LD]
A genus of non-photosynthetic algae.<p>>The mechanisms by which algae are able to infect hosts and cause disease are currently unknown.<p>If we ever found and wanted to colonize a near-Earthlike world with a native biosphere the undertaking would seem to be highly hazardous since we don't even understand how some of our native pathogens work.