Biomaterial Database

Single-Dose Amphotericin B for Cryptococcal Meningitis. 2022

Diego R Falci, and Alessandro C Pasqualotto

Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D005437	Flucytosine	A fluorinated cytosine analog that is used as an antifungal agent.	5-Fluorocytosine,Alcobon,Ancobon,Ancotil
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000666	Amphotericin B	Macrolide antifungal antibiotic produced by Streptomyces nodosus obtained from soil of the Orinoco river region of Venezuela.	Amphocil,Amphotericin,Amphotericin B Cholesterol Dispersion,Amphotericin B Colloidal Dispersion,Fungizone
D015725	Fluconazole	Triazole antifungal agent that is used to treat oropharyngeal CANDIDIASIS and cryptococcal MENINGITIS in AIDS.	Apo-Fluconazole,Béagyne,Diflucan,Fluc Hexal,FlucoLich,Flucobeta,Fluconazol AL,Fluconazol AbZ,Fluconazol Stada,Fluconazol von ct,Fluconazol-Isis,Fluconazol-ratiopharm,Flunazul,Fungata,Lavisa,Loitin,Neofomiral,Oxifungol,Solacap,Triflucan,UK-49858,Zonal,Apo Fluconazole,Fluconazol Isis,Fluconazol ratiopharm,UK 49858,UK49858
D016919	Meningitis, Cryptococcal	Meningeal inflammation produced by CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS, an encapsulated yeast that tends to infect individuals with ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME and other immunocompromised states. The organism enters the body through the respiratory tract, but symptomatic infections are usually limited to the lungs and nervous system. The organism may also produce parenchymal brain lesions (torulomas). Clinically, the course is subacute and may feature HEADACHE; NAUSEA; PHOTOPHOBIA; focal neurologic deficits; SEIZURES; cranial neuropathies; and HYDROCEPHALUS. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp721-2)	Cryptococcal Meningitis,Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcosis,Toruloma,Cerebral Cryptococcosis,Cerebral Cryptococcoses,Cerebral Cryptococcoses, Granulomous,Cerebral Cryptococcosis, Granulomous,Cryptococcal Meningitides,Cryptococcoses, Cerebral,Cryptococcoses, Granulomous Cerebral,Cryptococcosis, Cerebral,Cryptococcosis, Granulomous Cerebral,Granulomous Cerebral Cryptococcoses,Meningitides, Cryptococcal,Torulomas