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Pentamycin

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Routes of administration
  
Vaginal pessary

PubChem CID
  
5358751

ChEMBL
  
CHEMBL2272031

Molar mass
  
670.8278 g/mol

ATC code
  
G01AA11 (WHO)

ChemSpider
  
4445390

Formula
  
C35H58O12

Pentamycin

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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