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WILLIAM G. WINTER, JR, MD
Veterans Administration Hospital Lexington, Ky 40507

Am J Dis Child. 1978;132(10):1045.

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Sir.—Let me react to the clinical memorandum on the treatment of Maduromycosis with amphotericin B by Hayden et al in the JOURNAL (131:927, 1977). We would point out that our case, to which they refer in their third reference, also had "apparent remission," but recurred thereafter. I believe strongly that the word "cure" is usually inappropriate in chronic fungal disease, and certainly so if only short-term follow-up is available. For Hayden and his colleagues, as for us, intra-articular administration of amphotericin B was "something to do." I doubt very much that it was considerably better than the policy of no action whatsoever. I would refer the interested reader to our article on coccidioidal arthritis¹ for yet another look at how imperfect is our treatment of chronic fungal disease by amphotericin B, whether by the topical or intravenous route. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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