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Sixty years of Amphotericin B: An Overview of the Main Antifungal Agent Used to Treat Invasive Funga...

Sixty years of Amphotericin B: An Overview of the Main Antifungal Agent Used to Treat Invasive Funga...

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Sixty years of Amphotericin B: An Overview of the Main Antifungal Agent Used to Treat Invasive Fungal Infections

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Sixty years of Amphotericin B: An Overview of the Main Antifungal Agent Used to Treat Invasive Fungal Infections

Publisher

Cheshire: Springer Healthcare

Journal title

Infectious diseases and therapy, 2021-03, Vol.10 (1), p.115-147

Language

English

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Cheshire: Springer Healthcare

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Contents

Introduced in the late 1950s, polyenes represent the oldest family of antifungal drugs. The discovery of amphotericin B and its therapeutic uses is considered one of the most important scientific milestones of the twentieth century . Despite its toxic potential, it remains useful in the treatment of invasive fungal diseases owing to its broad spect...

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Sixty years of Amphotericin B: An Overview of the Main Antifungal Agent Used to Treat Invasive Fungal Infections

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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7954977

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7954977

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ISSN

2193-8229

E-ISSN

2193-6382

DOI

10.1007/s40121-020-00382-7

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