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B Fungal Supplement Antifungal Therapy Amphotericin Fungi Fungus

Front Antifungal therapy

Amphotericin B
uses

For fungi where?
Which fungus needs an additional drug with it? which drug?
5 specific fungi.
If there is fungal meningitis, how do you administer?
Supplement 2 things, why?
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Serious, systemic mycoses: 
Cryptococcus
(amphotericin B with/without flucytosine
for cryptococcal meningitis)

Blastomyces, Coccidioides, Histoplasma, Candida,
Mucor. 

Intrathecally for fungal meningitis.

Supplement K+ and Mg2+ because of altered
renal tubule permeability.

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