So a friend has been prescribed Lamisil for a toenail fungus. Within the past couple of years I had to use an anti-fungal when I got a painful case of athlete’s foot from (AFAIK) the shower in a surprisingly-posh hotel.
With all the concern about antibiotic-resistant bacteria, do similar concerns apply to fungal infections? Has our use of fungicides led to “super bug” type strains of, say, jock itch or toenail fungus? If so, is the problem as severe as for bacteria, and what are the plans/prospects for next generation anti-fungals?
Or try this: Antifungal drug resistance in pathogenic fungi
Yes, resistance to common antifungals is becoming more and more of a problem in medicine. And I’m sure it will worsen with the trivial use of nice meds like lamisil to deal with minor toenail problems.
Just curious - would this apply also to “natural” antifungals, like tea tree oil?
As an aside - I had a fungal icky condition on one of my big toenails for a long time. I ignored it, wore polish so you couldn’t tell, and it went away by itself after several years.
I’m in the “ignore little things and they’ll go away eventually” camp, and it works quite well. 
It might. Already, some strains of Staph Aureus are demonstrating resistance to Tea tree oil. Which makes me sad. 