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Sariel007 OP t1_is0y1pe wrote

Reply to comment by Majestic_Electric in Antibiotic found in potato disease thwarts fungal infections by Sariel007

Amphotericin B deoxycholate, a polyene antibiotic, was the first antimycotic agent introduced in 1958 to treat systemic mycoses..

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Majestic_Electric t1_is1ehu8 wrote

I’m not sure why they call Amphotericin B an antibiotic there. Amphotericin B is used to treat severe fungal infections. The article you linked to even calls it an anti-fungal antimicrobial, which sounds a lot more accurate to me than to use “antibiotic” to describe it because Amphotericin B is not used for bacterial infections.

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therapcat t1_is3918x wrote

They said antibiotic not antibacterial. Biotic includes fungi although it’s not commonly known as such as you can tell from this entire thread. I just learned this from the thread below yours

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conditerite t1_is3s7rd wrote

My pharmacist referred to is as a ampho-terrible because its nearly toxic itself.

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