PMID: 376883Jul 20, 1979Paper

Oral amphotericin for candidiasis in patients with hematologic neoplasms. An autopsy study

JAMA : the Journal of the American Medical Association
E Z EzdinliL Stutzman

Abstract

Autopsy examinations were conducted in 72 patients with hematologic malignant neoplasms who received antibacterial therapy before their deaths. These patients were participants in a large double-blind study designed to assess the efficacy of oral amphotericin B in decreasing the incidence of candidal infection. The patients received either 50 mg of amphotericin B orally four times a day, or they received a matching placebo. Eight of 33 patients (24%) who had received placebo and two of 39 (5%) who had received amphotericin had histopathologic evidence of disseminated candidiasis. We conclude that in these patients with hematologic malignant neoplasms who received antibiotics within two weeks of death, the concomitant oral administration of amphotericin was effective in decreasing the incidence of systemic candidal infections, indicating that the gastrointestinal tract serves as a portal of entry for Candida albicans.

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