amphotericin B
noun
am·pho·ter·i·cin B
ˌam(p)-fə-ˈter-ə-sən-ˈbē 
: an antibiotic that is obtained from a soil streptomycete (Streptomyces nodosus) and is administered typically by intravenous injection chiefly to treat serious, potentially life-threatening, systemic fungal infections
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Patients with severe infections are usually given amphotericin B, an intravenous medication.
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2023
Another example is amphotericin B, originally approved to treat human yeast and mold infections.
—Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2021
They are then treated with the antifungal medication liposomal amphotericin B to keep the infection from resurging.
—Esha Mitra, CNN, 24 July 2021
At issue is amphotericin B, which is marketed by Gilead Sciences (GILD) to combat cryptococcal meningitis in patients with HIV or visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 28 June 2021
The antifungal drug used for treatment, amphotericin B, has run in short supply in India.
—Washington Post, 22 June 2021
India makes small supplies of amphotericin B, which can be obtained free of charge at some public hospitals.
—New York Times, 20 June 2021
The state ordered 100,000 vials of amphotericin B last week, according to Maharashtra's health minister, Rajesh Tope.
—Esha Mitra, CNN, 19 May 2021
All the specimens could flout fluconazole, but four of the C. auris isolates were also resistant to amphotericin B, a second-line antifungal drug.
—Sophie Cousins, National Geographic, 23 Oct. 2020
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Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2023
Another example is amphotericin B, originally approved to treat human yeast and mold infections.
—Jeffrey R. Aeschlimann, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2021
They are then treated with the antifungal medication liposomal amphotericin B to keep the infection from resurging.
—Esha Mitra, CNN, 24 July 2021
At issue is amphotericin B, which is marketed by Gilead Sciences (GILD) to combat cryptococcal meningitis in patients with HIV or visceral leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 28 June 2021
The antifungal drug used for treatment, amphotericin B, has run in short supply in India.
—Washington Post, 22 June 2021
India makes small supplies of amphotericin B, which can be obtained free of charge at some public hospitals.
—New York Times, 20 June 2021
The state ordered 100,000 vials of amphotericin B last week, according to Maharashtra's health minister, Rajesh Tope.
—Esha Mitra, CNN, 19 May 2021
All the specimens could flout fluconazole, but four of the C. auris isolates were also resistant to amphotericin B, a second-line antifungal drug.
—Sophie Cousins, National Geographic, 23 Oct. 2020
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1955, in the meaning defined above
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amphotericin B
noun
: an amphotericin that is typically administered by intravenous injection chiefly to treat serious, potentially life-threatening, systemic fungal infections
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