amphotericin
IPA: ˈæmfʌtɛrˈisɪn
noun
- (biochemistry) Any of a group of amphoteric antibiotic and antifungal agents derived from Streptomyces bacteria.
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Examples of "amphotericin" in Sentences
- Or if I'm taking amphotericin B, it could cause me to shake like crazy.
- [8], despite the availability of potent drugs such as amphotericin B, azole derivatives or echinocandins
- The main alternative drugs include pentamidine, amphotericin B and amphotericin B encapsulated in liposomes.
- These mechanisms therefore highly enalapril and kidney disease days of fluconazole less toxic than amphotericin b process.
- Several months later the surgeon removed the neck stabilization plate and an abscess, a pocket of infection that required the use of IV amphotericin.
- For patients with severe disease, and/or pulmonary, central nervous system or disseminated infection, a lipid formulation of amphotericin B should be used initially.
- As antimony lost its punch, Bihar's best doctors turned to an antifungal medicine called amphotericin B, or Fungizone -- the $200 cure that Jha and Sundar still use in their clinics.
- Even the etiology of amphotericin toxicity was vehemently disputed by these nephrologists; my husband's renal disease was considered to be a result of his diabetes, in spite of his history and a kidney biopsy.
- Methods In this open-label study, we randomly assigned 412 patients in a 3: 1 ratio to receive either liposomal amphotericin B (liposomal-therapy group) or amphotericin B deoxycholate (conventional-therapy group).
- In the last decade, with funds from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and other sources, scientists have experimented with other drug combinations, including amphotericin B, a fungicide derived from bacteria, and miltefosine, which was developed in the 1980s to treat
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