The tolerability of available antifungal agents is essential to the final outcome of the management of invasive mycoses. There are limited classes of antifungal agents for use, and they can have serious direct toxicities and/or drug-drug interactions. In this review, we examine the common toxicities noted for antifungal agents and attempt to both identify the issues around the adverse events and provide clinical context for their occurrence in these fragile patients.
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