Pentamidine
"Pentamidine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Antiprotozoal agent effective in trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, and some fungal infections; used in treatment of PNEUMOCYSTIS pneumonia in HIV-infected patients. It may cause diabetes mellitus, central nervous system damage, and other toxic effects.
| Descriptor ID |
D010419
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.078.100.700
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pentamidine" by people in Profiles.
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Wang X, Fiorini Z, Smith C, Zhang Y, Li J, Watkins LR, Yin H. Repositioning antimicrobial agent pentamidine as a disruptor of the lateral interactions of transmembrane domain 5 of EBV latent membrane protein 1. PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e47703.
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Bessesen MT, Miller LA, Cohn DL, Bartlett S, Ellison RT. Administration of pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine for prevention of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in patients with AIDS. Clin Infect Dis. 1995 Mar; 20(3):730-1.
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Osei K, Falko JM, Nelson KP, Stephens R. Diabetogenic effect of pentamidine. In vitro and in vivo studies in a patient with malignant insulinoma. Am J Med. 1984 Jul; 77(1):41-6.