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Case Reports
. 1994 May;28(3):319-22.
doi: 10.1016/s0163-4453(94)92093-1.

Successful treatment of resistant cryptococcal meningitis with amphotericin B lipid emulsion after nephrotoxicity with conventional intravenous amphotericin B

H A Leake  1 , M N Appleyard, J P Hartley
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Successful treatment of resistant cryptococcal meningitis with amphotericin B lipid emulsion after nephrotoxicity with conventional intravenous amphotericin B

H A Leake et al. J Infect. 1994 May.

Abstract

Various formulations have been developed in an effort to reduce the toxicity of amphotericin B. We report a case of cryptococcal meningitis in a 31-year-old HIV-positive man which was successfully treated with amphotericin B lipid emulsion.

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