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Efficacy and safety of generic amphotericin B in experimental pulmonary aspergillosis

  • Vidmantas Petraitis
  • , Ruta Petraitiene
  • , Pengxin Lin
  • , Karim Calis
  • , Amy M. Kelaher
  • , Heidi A. Muray
  • , Christine Mya-San
  • , Diana Mickiene
  • , John Bacher
  • , Thomas J. Walsh
  • National Institutes of Health
  • SAIC
  • Office of Research Services

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Abstract

The recent shortage of the brand name drug Fungizone has necessitated a change to generic formulations of amphotericin B deoxycholate. Clinical trials cannot be conducted in a timely manner to provide data on the safety and efficacy of these formulations. We therefore compared generic amphotericin B and Fungizone for activity and safety in the treatment of experimental invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in persistently neutropenic rabbits. Fungizone and generic amphotericin B are similar in efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and safety in the treatment of experimental IPA.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1642-1645
Number of pages4
JournalAntimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
Volume49
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2005

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
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