| Literature DB >> 4758449 |
Abstract
Five cases are described in which fear of the possibly hazardous effects of giving amphotericin to patients with kidney disease resulted in death from progressive infection by an amphotericin-sensitive fungus (Cryptococcus neoformans in three cases, Blastomyces dermatitidis in one case, and Histoplasma capsulatum in one case).Entities:
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Year: 1973 PMID: 4758449 PMCID: PMC1587609 DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5890.460
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Br Med J ISSN: 0007-1447