Why Is It More Difficult to Treat Fungal Infections Than

question 46

Multiple Choice

Why is it more difficult to treat fungal infections than bacterial infections in humans?

• A) Fungi are larger organisms than bacteria and thus require stronger drugs to stop an infection.
• B) Most fungi are multicellular and thus the drugs required to treat a fungal infection must be able to kill several types of cells; bacteria, on the other hand, are unicellular and thus simpler to kill.
• C) Fungal and animal cells and proteins are similar. Thus, drugs that disrupt fungal cell or protein function may also disrupt human cell or protein function.
• D) Fungi are able to mutate more quickly than bacteria, so they quickly develop resistance to antifungal drugs.

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