Hypokalemic rhabdomyolysis and myoglobinuria following amphotericin B therapy.

Amphotericin B-induced hypokalemia progressed to profound muscle weakness, rhabdomyolysis, and myoglobinuria in a patient with cryptococcal meningitis. Incomplete renal tubular acidosis which was present during therapy may have predisposed the patient to renal potassium wasting.

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