Use of anti-fungal injection amphotericin to treat mucormycosis
Acute shortage of anti-fungal injection ‘amphotericin’ and other anti-fungal medicines used to treat mucormycosis, a life-threatening infection that follows Covid-19 in roughly 30% of diabetics, is now adding to the difficulties of patients.
Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2021
Amphotericin B injection is used to treat serious and potentially life-threatening fungal infections.
Amphotericin B injection is in a class of medications called antifungals. It works by slowing the growth of fungi that cause infection.
It is typically given by injection into a vein.
Amphotericin B was isolated from Streptomyces nodosus in 1955 and came into medical use in 1958. It is on the World Health Organization’s List of Essential Medicines.
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