passages.id: 7907
passages.type: title
passages.text: Reversible dilated cardiomyopathy related to amphotericin B therapy.
passages.id: 7908
passages.type: abstract
passages.text: We describe a patient who developed dilated cardiomyopathy and clinical congestive heart failure after 2 months of therapy with amphotericin B (AmB) for disseminated coccidioidomycosis. His echocardiographic abnormalities and heart failure resolved after posaconazole was substituted for AmB. It is important to recognize the rare and potentially reversible toxicity of AmB.