[Antifungals, their potentials, limits and outlook].

A review of the history of antifungal therapy shows that after a long period of empiricism the therapeutic arsenal available for the nowadays practitioner has suffered a spectacular change. Indicated in the topical and systemic treatment of mycoses, their practical use requires experience and responsibility. The impartial analysis of their antifungal benefits refers to such targets as: ergosterol, protein syntheses and mitoses from fungal cells.