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Uncommon card · Science
Amphotericin B, an Uncommon card
Amphotericin B is an antifungal medication used for serious fungal infections and leishmaniasis.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 82
- Power
- 158
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 58,000
Power 158 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Amphotericin B quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Amphotericin B card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
For certain infections it is given with ______.
Answer
flucytosine. For certain infections it is given with flucytosine. From the Amphotericin B article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Tunnel. Tunnel 86 · Physical cosmology 82 · Amphotericin B 76 · Aromatic compound 73 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The fungal infections it is used to treat include mucormycosis, aspergillosis, blastomycosis, candidiasis, coccidioidomycosis, and cryptococcosis.
- It is sometimes used as a drug of last resort for primary amoebic meningoencephalitis.
- For certain infections it is given with flucytosine.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Amphotericin B article was read about 58,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 82: each hit it takes is cut by 33 %.
How to get Amphotericin B
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Amphotericin B (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : The chemistds, CC0, Wikimedia Commons.
