| amphotericin | <drug> One of two antifungal antibiotics. Amphotericin A: The less active form of the antibiotic produced by the bacteria Streptomyces nodosus. It is not used clinically. Amphotericin B: An antibiotic produced by the bacteria Streptomyces nodosus which is used to treat a wide variety of fungal infections. Formula: C47H73NO17. (05 Feb 1998) |
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| amphotericin B | <drug> An intravenous drug for treatment of cryptococcal meningitis, candidiasis, histoplasmosis and coccidiomycosis and other fungal infections. It is given intravenously. Toxicities are severe and include fevers, chills, headache, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, kidney damage and neutropenia. (05 Feb 1998) |