amphotericin B

drug
Also known as: Fungizone

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  • antifungal drugs
    • Prozac
      In drug: Membrane lipids

      …type is the antifungal agent amphotericin B, which binds to a specific molecule (ergosterol) found in fungal cells. This binding results in the formation of pores in the membrane and leakage of intracellular components, leading to death of the cell.

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    • In antifungal drug: The polyenes

      Polyenes, such as amphotericin B and nystatin, are macrolide antibiotics made up of alternating conjugated double bonds. The polyene drugs work by interacting with ergosterol, a type of steroid that is found in fungal membranes; this binding causes channels to form in the fungal membrane, resulting in the…

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treatment of

    • chromoblastomycosis
      • In chromoblastomycosis

        …local injection of the antibiotic amphotericin B. Extensive disease may require long-term therapy with an oral antifungal drug. Severe chromoblastomycosis frequently is refractory to treatment.

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    • coccidioidomycosis
    • cryptococcosis
      • cryptococcosis
        In cryptococcosis

        …is with the antifungal drugs amphotericin B and flucytosine. Survival rates of non-HIV-infected patients who are treated with these agents usually is very high.

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    • histoplasmosis
    • leishmaniasis
      • leishmaniasis
        In leishmaniasis

        …miltefosine; antifungal drugs, such as amphotericin B, fluconazole, ketoconazole, or itraconazole; and compounds of antimony, such as sodium stibogluconate. Spread of the disease is prevented by controlling sandfly populations.

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    • mycoses
      • mycosis
        In mycosis

        …treatment of superficial mycoses, and amphotericin B and flucytosine have been used in treating subcutaneous and systemic mycoses.

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