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Some of the different medications used in the treatment of Fungal infections include:
Unlabelled alternative drug treatments for Fungal infections include:
The following are some of the latest treatments for Fungal infections:
These medical statistics relate to hospitals, hospitalization and Fungal infections:
For many years, very powerful oral antifungal medicines were used only to treat systemic (within the body) fungal infections, such as histoplasmosis. Doctors usually prescribe oral antifungal medications cautiously because all of them, even the milder ones for skin and nail fungi, can have very serious side effects. (Source: excerpt from Microbes in Sickness and in Health - Publications, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: NIAID)
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Depending on the stage of the disease and its rate of progression, past treatment and results, the patient's age and overall clinical status, treatment facilities available, and other factors, treatment of MF may include topical, intralesional, or systemic corticosteroid therapy; phototherapy; methoxsalen photochemotherapy; radiation; topical, intralesional, or systemic treatment with mechlorethamine (nitrogen mustard); and other systemic chemotherapy.
Application of topical nitrogen mustard is the preferred treatment for inducing remission in pretumorous stages. Plaques may also be treated with sunlight and topical steroids.
Total body electron beam radiation, which is less toxic to internal organs than standard photon beam radiation, has induced remission in some patients with early stage MF.
Chemotherapy is employed primarily for patients with advanced MF; systemic treatment with chemotherapeutic agents (cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, doxorubicin, bleomycin, etoposide, and steroids) and interferon-alfa produces transient regression.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Usually, mild primary coccidioidomycosis requires only bed rest and relief of symptoms. Severe primary disease and dissemination, however, also require long-term I.V. infusion or, with CNS dissemination, intrathecal administration of amphotericin B and, possibly, excision or drainage of lesions. Severe pulmonary lesions may require lobectomy. Miconazole and ketoconazole suppress C. immitis but don’t eradicate it. Itraconazole has been used successfully in the treatment of mildly severe cases.
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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