The present invention provides an azole compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## , wherein Ar is an optionally-substituted phenyl group; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are, the same or different, a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may combine together to form a lower alkylene group; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group; Y is a nitrogen atom or a methine group; and A is an optionally-substituted saturated cyclic amide group bonded through a first nitrogen atom, or a salt thereof, which is useful for prevention and therapy of fungal infections of mammals as antifungal agent.