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Echinocandin vs Caspofungin - What's the difference?

echinocandin | caspofungin |

As nouns the difference between echinocandin and caspofungin

is that echinocandin is any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall while caspofungin is an antifungal drug of the echinocandin class, administered intravenously.

echinocandin

English

Noun

(en noun) (wikipedia echinocandin)
  • Any of a class of antifungal drugs that inhibit the synthesis of glucan in the fungal cell wall.

    • See also

    * papulacandin

    caspofungin

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia caspofungin)
  • An antifungal drug of the echinocandin class, administered intravenously.