Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an antibiotic and antifungal agent (C47H73NO17), produced by a strain of
Streptomyces nodosus . It is one of a class of polyene macrolide antibiotics effective against fungal infections. It has a molecular weight of 924.11; it is soluble in oganic solvents but only slightly soluble in water.
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- noun medicine Any of a group of
amphoteric antibiotic andantifungal agents derived fromStreptomyces bacteria
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- noun an antibiotic and antifungal agent
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Examples
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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.
CHASING BLACK FEVER 2007
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[8], despite the availability of potent drugs such as amphotericin B, azole derivatives or echinocandins
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Mark Schütte et al. 2009
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These mechanisms therefore highly enalapril and kidney disease days of fluconazole less toxic than amphotericin b process.
Big Wall Street Journal Poll Contains Comfort For Both Parties 2009
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Or if I'm taking amphotericin B, it could cause me to shake like crazy.
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For patients with severe disease, and/or pulmonary, central nervous system or disseminated infection, a lipid formulation of amphotericin B should be used initially.
Sporotrichosis 2008
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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.
'Complications': An Exchange Dilligan, Mary 2002
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Several months later the surgeon removed the neck stabilization plate and an abscess, a pocket of infection that required the use of IV amphotericin.
'Complications': An Exchange Dilligan, Mary 2002
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The main alternative drugs include pentamidine, amphotericin B and amphotericin B encapsulated in liposomes.
Chapter 6 2000
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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
NYT > Home Page By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. 2011
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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).
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