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.
Antibiotic used to treat systemic fungal infections and also used topically to treat candidiasis.
A drug used to treat fungal infections, including candidiasis (thrush).
An antifungal drug that is used to treat fungal infections in persons with HIV, including candida, cryptococcus, histoplasmosis, and others.
A drug used in the treatment of infections caused by fungi. It belongs to the family of drugs called antifungals.
an antibiotic drug used to treat disseminated fungal infections (e.g., cryptococcal meningitis). The drug can have severe side effects including fever, chills, nausea, kidney toxicity and bone marrow suppression. Toxicity may be reduced by administering the drug in a liposomal (fat bubble) form.
An antifungal drug used to treat infection.
Amphotericin B (Fungilin®, Fungizone®, Abelcet®, AmBisome®, Fungisome®, Amphocil®, Amphotec®) is a polyene antimycotic drug, used intravenously in systemic fungal infections. It was originally extracted from Streptomyces nodosus, a filamentous bacterium, in 1955 at the Squibb Instittue for Medical Research from cultures of a undescribed streptomycete isolated from the soil collected in the Orinoco River region of Venezuela. It's name originates from the chemicals amphoteric properties.
