| Title | Liposomal Amphotericin B Associated With Severe Hyperphosphatemia. | | Author(s) | Sutherland SM, Hong DK, Balagtas J, Gutierrez K, Dvorak CC, Sarwal M | | Institution | From the Divisions of *Pediatric Nephrology, †Pediatric Infectious Diseases, and ‡Pediatric Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Pediatrics, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. | | Source | Pediatr Infect Dis J 2008 Jan; 27(1):77-79. | | Abstract | We report 4 patients who developed hyperphosphatemia while receiving liposomal amphotericin B to treat an invasive fungal infection. Resolution of the hyperphosphatemia occurred after transition to amphotericin B lipid complex. This phenomenon may occur more commonly in patients with mild to moderate renal insufficiency. | | Language | ENG | | Pub Type(s) | JOURNAL ARTICLE
| | PubMed ID | 18162947 |
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