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Liposomal amphotericin B for visceral leishmaniasis in human immunodeficiency virus-coinfected patients: 2-year treatment outcomes in Bihar, India [PDF]

, 2011
Reports on treatment outcomes of visceral leishmaniasis (VL)-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) coinfection in India are lacking. To our knowledge, none have studied the efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B in VL-HIV coinfection.
Alvar, Bachani, Berman, Bern, Bora, Braitstein, C. Ferreyra, D. Remartinez, G. Mitra, Hurissa, Ikomi, J. van Griensven, K. Pandey, L. Flevaud, Lin, Lyons, M. Pece, Mathur, N. Kumar, N. Verma, P. Das, P. K. Sinha, P. Kumar, P. P. Palma, Pintado, R. Kumar, R. Mahajan, Redhu, Sinha, Sinha, Sundar, Sundar, ter Horst, Thakur, van Griensven   +34 more
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Antifungal Combinations for Treatment of Cryptococcal Meningitis in Africa [PDF]

, 2018
Background Cryptococcal meningitis accounts for more than 100,000 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–related deaths per year. We tested two treatment strategies that could be more sustainable in Africa than the standard of 2 weeks of amphotericin B ...
ACTA Trial Study Team, Adams, J, Bicanic, T, Bradley, J, Bright, P, Chan, AK, Chanda, D, Chawinga, C, Chen, T, Ellis, J, Gaskell, K, Harrison, TS, Heyderman, RS, Hosseinipour, MC, Jaffar, S, Kalata, N, Kanyama, C, Karunaharan, N, Kouanfack, C, Lakhi, S, Lalloo, DG, Lesikari, S, Lontsi, S, Lortholary, O, Loyse, A, Lupiya, D, Mapoure, YN, Mfinanaga, S, Molloy, SF, Mwaba, P, Ndong, J-G, Peirse, M, Sini, V, Stone, N, Temfack, E, van der Horst, C, van Oosterhout, JJ, Wang, D   +37 more
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Combination therapy of disseminated coccidioidomycosis with caspofungin and fluconazole [PDF]

, 2006
Background The current recommended therapy for diffuse coccidioidal pneumonia involves initial treatment with amphotericin B deoxycholate or high-dose fluconazole, followed by an azole after clinical improvement. Amphotericin B is more frequently used as
Dae Won Park, Jang Wook Sohn, Hee Jin Cheong, Woo Joo Kim, Min Ja Kim, Je Hyeong Kim, Chol Shin   +6 more
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Do Ophthalmic Solutions of Amphotericin B Solubilised in 2-Hydroxypropyl-γ-Cyclodextrins Possess an Extended Physicochemical Stability?

Pharmaceutics, 2020
Fungal keratitis is a sight-threatening disease for which amphotericin B eye drops is one of the front-line treatments. Unfortunately, there are currently no commercial forms available, and there is little data concerning the long-term stability of ...
Philip Chennell, Mouloud Yessaad, Florence Abd El Kader, Mireille Jouannet, Mathieu Wasiak, Yassine Bouattour, Valérie Sautou   +6 more
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Therapeutic potential of Calotropis gigantea extract against invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: In vitro and in vivo study

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, 2022
Objective: To characterize the antifungal activity of methanolic leaf extract of Calotropis gigantea alone or in combination with amphotericin B against invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in mice. Methods: GC/MS was used for analysis of active constituents
Enas M Ali, Manal A Alfwuaires, Gehan M Badr   +2 more
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Amphotericin B-Induced Encephalopathy

Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1995
Three children with refractory leukemia treated by bone marrow transplantation at the Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, developed encephalopathy, leukoencephalopathy, and parkinsonism after receiving high-dose amphotericin B for ...
J Gordon Millichap
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Efficacy of combination therapy of amphotericin and posaconazole in treatment of mucormycosis

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Research, 2023
Background: Mucormycosis is an opportunistic systemic fungal infection which is debilitating caused by order Mucorales. The standard management of mucormycosis consists of aggressive debridement of the infected tissue and parenteral anti-fungal therapy ...
Sridhara S, Ramesh Sanappa, Nandini P, Gayatri Jayan, Gangadhara KS   +4 more
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Two cases of fungal keratitis caused by Metarhizium anisopliae [PDF]

, 2018
We present two cases of keratitis due to Metarhizium anisopliae in geographically separated areas of the United States. The isolates were microscopically similar but morphologically different and were identified by ribosomal DNA sequencing. Both isolates
Burd, Eileen M, Burnham, Carey-Ann D, Goodman, Abigail L, Lockhart, Shawn R, Lysen, Colleen B, Westblade, Lars F   +5 more
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Preventing or attenuating amphotericin B nephrotoxicity with dopamine receptor agonists: a literature review [PDF]

Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2015
Nephrotoxicity is generally considered as the most clinically significant and dose-limiting adverse reaction of amphotericin B. Currently, only the clinical effectiveness of salt loading and administering lipid formulations of amphotericin B have been ...
Iman Karimzadeh, Hossein Khalili, Mohammad Mahdi Sagheb   +2 more
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Aspergillosis of the CNS in a pediatric liver transplant recipient: Case report and review [PDF]

, 1991
A 2-month-old infant who had undergone orthotopic liver transplantation at the age of 2 weeks for carbamoyl phosphate synthetase deficiency developed infection of the CNS due to Aspergillus fumigatus.
Green, M, Starzl, TE, Todo, S, Tzakis, A, Wald, ER   +4 more
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