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01-04-2015 | Case report

Amphotericin B

Allergic reaction: case report

Published in: Reactions Weekly | Issue 1/2015

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A 52-year-old man developed allergic reaction following treatment with amphotericin B [amphotericin B deoxycholate]. The man with an end-stage HIV infection, received amphotericin B [route and dosage not stated] for pulmonary mucormycosis due to Lichtheimia ramosa, on the 7^th day of readmission. However, he developed an allergic reaction [duration of treatment to reaction onset and outcome not stated] and hence, he was switched to amphotericin B liposomal [liposomal amphotericin B]. Despite supportive treatments, he died. …

Kutlu M, et al. Pulmonary mucormycosis due to Lichtheimia ramosa in a patient with HIV infection. Mycopathologia 178: 111-115, No. 1-2, Aug 2014. Available from: URL: http://doi.org/10.1007/s11046-014-9761-5 - TurkeyCrossRefPubMed

Title: Amphotericin B
Allergic reaction: case report
Publication date: 01-04-2015
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Reactions Weekly / Issue 1/2015
Print ISSN: 0114-9954
Electronic ISSN: 1179-2051
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40278-015-9118-y

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