To evaluate the activity of posaconazole for treatment of zygomycosis, a disease for which therapeutic options are limited, we conducted a retrospective study including 91 patients with zygomycosis (proven zygomycosis, 69 patients; probable zygomycosis, 22 patients). Patients had infection that was refractory to prior antifungal treatment (n=81) or were intolerant of such treatment (n=10) and p...

Azole antifungals have frequently been linked to the presence of hepatotoxicity, but there is scarce information on cross-toxicity between these drugs or on the possibility of using some of them when this type of toxicity occurs. We report the case of a 64-year-old man with invasive aspergillosis (IA) leading to spondylodiscitis with neurological involvement. Early management included intraveno...

Posaconazole, a broad-spectrum triazole antifungal agent, is approved for the prevention of invasive aspergillosis and candidiasis in addition to the treatment of oropharyngeal candidiasis. There is evidence of efficacy in the treatment and prevention of rarer, more difficult-to-treat fungal infections. Posaconazole oral suspension solution has shown limitations with respect to fasting state ab...

Adequate penetration to the infection/colonization site is crucial to attain optimal efficacy of posaconazole against Aspergillus fumigatus diseases. We evaluated posaconazole exposure in pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (ELF) in a murine model of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The posaconazole exposure (area under the plasma concentration-time curve from time zero to 24 h postinfusion [AUC...

OBJECTIVES Antifungal treatment of uncommon filamentous fungal infections is problematic. This study determined the in vitro susceptibility of miltefosine, as a single agent and in combination with posaconazole or voriconazole, against these pathogens. METHODS Susceptibility to miltefosine of 34 uncommon filamentous fungi was tested using CLSI broth microdilution M38-A2 methodology. Twenty is...

TO THE EDITOR—Pagano et al [1] analyzed the efficacy of antifungal prophylaxis with posaconazole and itraconazole in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients receiving induction chemotherapy. There were significant differences in the percentage of breakthrough proven/probable mold infections (posaconazole 2.7% vs itraconazole 10.7%; P = .02). The authors concluded that posaconazole prophylaxis con...

BACKGROUND Large randomized controlled trials have shown significant decreases in morbidity and mortality in leukaemia patients with posaconazole prophylaxis. However, the value of prophylaxis has been questioned in centres with a low incidence of invasive fungal diseases (IFDs) and pre-emptive treatment strategies. METHODS We prospectively evaluated the epidemiology of IFDs in acute myelogen...

INTRODUCTION Voriconazole and posaconazole are often used to treat invasive Aspergillus infections. We describe a patient with chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA) who experienced peripheral eosinophilia and eosinophilic colitis while on voriconazole, and also experienced gastrointestinal symptoms and recurrent eosinophilia while on subsequent posaconazole therapy. CASE PRESENTATION A 75-yea...

OBJECTIVES Scedosporium infections are associated with high therapeutic failure rates. Combination therapy may be an alternative approach to improve outcome. The in vitro and in vivo efficacy of micafungin plus posaconazole or plus voriconazole was investigated herein. METHODS Scedosporium boydii (n = 17) and Scedosporium apiospermum (n = 26) were tested using the chequerboard method accordin...

Mucocutaneous candidiasis (MC) is one of the first signs of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Over 90% of patients with AIDS will eventually develop oropharyngeal candidiasis (OPC) at some time during their illness, and an additional 10% will develop esophageal candidiasis (EC). Although numerous antifungal agents are available, azoles, both topical (clotrimazole) and systemic (fluc...