Pentamycin

Pentamycin
Clinical data
Routes of
administration
Vaginal pessary
ATC code G01AA11 (WHO)
Identifiers
PubChem (CID) 5358751
ChemSpider 4445390 YesY
ChEMBL CHEMBL2272031
Chemical and physical data
Formula C35H58O12
Molar mass 670.82782 g/mol
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Pentamycin, also called fungichromin, is a macrolide antibiotic. Pentamycin is a polyene antifungal antibiotic obtained from Streptomyces pentaticus. It is used in the treatment of vaginal candidiasis, for the protozoal infection trichomoniasis, and mixed infections. A 3 mg vaginal pessary is inserted once or twice daily for 5-10 days. It is also used in Pulmonary Aspergillosis in a dry powder inhalation system.

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