A Review of Published Cases Regarding the Amphotericin B Deoxycholate Overdose in the Pediatric Population and a Case Report.

Considering the fact that two available and commonly used formulations of amphotericin B could be used instead of each other by mistake. Also, an updated and comprehensive data regarding management of this medication error was not available; the current review was conducted to gather available data among the pediatric population and discuss management and outcome of patients in case such an error occurs. We review all the cases of amphotericin B overdose which reported in PubMed and google scholar so far then discuss an 8-years-old girl diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma who inadvertently received five times more than therapeutic dose of amphotericin B deoxycholate (5mg/kg/day).