Coccidioidomycosis
Efficacy of lipid amphotericin B formulations compared
Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, August 3rd, 2004
In a recent study from Mexico, the "therapeutic efficacy of three lipid formulations of amphotericin B was compared with that of conventional amphotericin B in treatment of murine coccidioidomycosis."
"All treatments prolonged survival compared with the no-treatment group (p<0.0001)," reported G.M. Gonzalez and coauthors at the Autonomous University of Neuvo Leon.
"Although conventional amphotericin B was more active than lipid formulations on reducing quantitative fungal load on a...
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