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amphotericin B

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amphotericin B (ăm'fətĕr`ĭsĭn), antibiotic antibiotic, any of a variety of substances, usually obtained from microorganisms, that inhibit the growth of or destroy certain other microorganisms.

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 that halts the growth of several disease-causing fungi. Discovered in 1956, it is produced by bacteria of the genus Streptomyces. It is used in lotion or ointment form to treat fungal infections of the skin and is given internally only to patients with potentially fatal fungal infections. Amphotericin B is not effective against bacterial infections.

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In light of these findings, the patient was placed on empiric piperacillin/tazobactam and amphotericin B lipid complex to cover bacterial skull base osteomyelitis and invasive fungal sinusitis.
It retains the efficacy of amphotericin B while reducing the damage to kidneys.
dubliniensis to fluconazole, as well as increased resistance to clinically applied amphotericin B (8,12,13,23,24), was demonstrated in biofilms.
 
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