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Tragiannidis A, Tsoulas C, Groll AH. Invasive candidiasis and candidaemia in neonates and children: update on current guidelines. Mycoses 2014; 58:10-21. [PMID: 25350572 DOI: 10.1111/myc.12268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2014] [Revised: 10/03/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Invasive candidiasis (IC) and candidaemia are leading causes of infectious morbidity and mortality among immunocompromised paediatric patients and those admitted to intensive care units. Despite improvements in diagnosis, prevention and treatment, both mortality rates and the economic burden of disease still remain high. To address this issue, several international societies and organisations have proposed guidelines for the management of IC/candidaemia in both neonates and children. In this article, we review current recommendations of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the European Conference on Infection in Leukaemia, the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases and the German Speaking Mycological Society/Paul-Ehrlich Society for Chemotherapy for the management and prevention of IC/candidaemia in children and neonates.
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- Athanasios Tragiannidis
- Hematology Oncology Unit, 2nd Pediatric Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, AHEPA Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
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Egunsola O, Adefurin A, Fakis A, Jacqz-Aigrain E, Choonara I, Sammons H. Safety of fluconazole in paediatrics: a systematic review. Eur J Clin Pharmacol 2013; 69:1211-21. [PMID: 23325436 PMCID: PMC3651820 DOI: 10.1007/s00228-012-1468-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/27/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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PURPOSE To determine the safety of fluconazole in neonates and other paediatric age groups by identifying adverse events (AEs) and drug interactions associated with treatment. METHODS A search of EMBASE (1950-January 2012), MEDLINE (1946-January 2012), the Cochrane database for systematic reviews and the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (1982-2012) for any clinical study about fluconazole use that involved at least one paediatric patient (≤17 years) was performed. Only articles with sufficient quality of safety reporting after patients' exposure to fluconazole were included. RESULTS We identified 90 articles, reporting on 4,209 patients, which met our inclusion criteria. In total, 794 AEs from 35 studies were recorded, with hepatotoxicity accounting for 378 (47.6 %) of all AEs. When fluconazole was compared with placebo and other antifungals, the relative risk (RR) of hepatotoxicity was not statistically different [RR 1.36, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.87-2.14, P = 0.175 and RR 1.43, 95 % CI 0.67-3.03, P = 0.352, respectively]. Complete resolution of hepatoxicity was achieved by 84 % of patients with follow-up available. There was no statistical difference in the risk of gastrointestinal events of fluconazole compared with placebo and other antifungals (RR 0.81, 95 % CI 0.12-5.60, P = 0.831 and RR 1.23, 95 %CI 0.87-1.71, P = 0.235, respectively). There were 41 drug withdrawals, 17 (42 %) of which were due to elevated liver enzymes. Five reports of drug interactions occurred in children. CONCLUSION Fluconazole is relatively safe for paediatric patients. Hepatotoxicity and gastrointestinal toxicity are the most common adverse events. It is important to be aware that drug interactions with fluconazole can result in significant toxicity.
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- Oluwaseun Egunsola
- Academic Division of Child Health, Derbyshire Children's Hospital, University of Nottingham, Derby, DE22 3DT, UK.
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Hope W, Castagnola E, Groll A, Roilides E, Akova M, Arendrup M, Arikan-Akdagli S, Bassetti M, Bille J, Cornely O, Cuenca-Estrella M, Donnelly J, Garbino J, Herbrecht R, Jensen H, Kullberg B, Lass-Flörl C, Lortholary O, Meersseman W, Petrikkos G, Richardson M, Verweij P, Viscoli C, Ullmann A. ESCMID* *This guideline was presented in part at ECCMID 2011. European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. guideline for the diagnosis and management of Candida diseases 2012: prevention and management of invasive infections in neonates and children caused by Candida spp. Clin Microbiol Infect 2012; 18 Suppl 7:38-52. [DOI: 10.1111/1469-0691.12040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 216] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Pediatric pharmacology of antifungal agents. CURRENT FUNGAL INFECTION REPORTS 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s12281-008-0008-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chiou CC, Walsh TJ, Groll AH. Clinical pharmacology of antifungal agents in pediatric patients. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2007; 8:2465-89. [DOI: 10.1517/14656566.8.15.2465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Charlier C, Hart E, Lefort A, Ribaud P, Dromer F, Denning DW, Lortholary O. Fluconazole for the management of invasive candidiasis: where do we stand after 15 years? J Antimicrob Chemother 2006; 57:384-410. [PMID: 16449304 DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Candida spp. are responsible for most of the fungal infections in humans. Available since 1990, fluconazole is well established as a leading drug in the setting of prevention and treatment of mucosal and invasive candidiasis. Fluconazole displays predictable pharmacokinetics and an excellent tolerance profile in all groups, including the elderly and children. Fluconazole is a fungistatic drug against yeasts and lacks activity against moulds. Candida krusei is intrinsically resistant to fluconazole, and other species, notably Candida glabrata, often manifest reduced susceptibility. Emergence of azole-resistant strains as well as discovery of new antifungal drugs (new triazoles and echinocandins) have raised important questions about its use as a first line drug. The aim of this review is to summarize the main available data on the position of fluconazole in the prophylaxis or curative treatment of invasive Candida spp. infections. Fluconazole is still a major drug for antifungal prophylaxis in the setting of transplantation (solid organ and bone marrow), intensive care unit, and in neutropenic patients. Prophylactic fluconazole still has a place in HIV-positive patients in viro-immunological failure with recurrent mucosal candidiasis. Fluconazole can be used in adult neutropenic patients with systemic candidiasis, as long as the species identified is a priori susceptible. Among non-neutropenic patients with candidaemia fluconazole is one of the first line drugs for susceptible species. Cases reports and uncontrolled studies have also reported its efficacy in the setting of osteoarthritis, endophthalmitis, meningitis, endocarditis and peritonitis caused by Candida spp. among immunocompetent adults. In paediatrics, fluconazole is a well tolerated and major prophylactic drug for high-risk neonates, as well as an alternative treatment for neonatal candidiasis. Importantly 15 years after its introduction in the antifungal armamentarium, fluconazole is still a first line treatment option in several cases of invasive candidiasis. Its prophylactic use should however be limited to selected high-risk patients to limit the risk of emergence of azole-resistant strains.
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- C Charlier
- Université Paris V, Service des Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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This review addresses trends in outcome and risk factors for invasive fungal infections, current antifungal agents and new therapeutic strategies. Current prospects for new therapies rest upon caspofungin, the first of a new class of antifungal molecules, the echinocandins, and new extended-spectrum azoles, voriconazole, posaconazole and ravuconazole. Approval by the Food and Drug Administration of the USA and the European Medicine Agency was given in 2001-2002 to voriconazole and caspofungin. Voriconazole clearly demonstrated a decrease in mortality in invasive aspergillosis and fusariosis fungal infections.
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- Vladimir C Krcmery
- Department of Pharmacology, St Elizabeth University, School of Health Care, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Mondal RK, Singhi SC, Chakrabarti A, M J. Randomized comparison between fluconazole and itraconazole for the treatment of candidemia in a pediatric intensive care unit: a preliminary study. Pediatr Crit Care Med 2004; 5:561-5. [PMID: 15530193 DOI: 10.1097/01.pcc.0000144712.29127.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Candida bloodstream infections have shown an increase in hospitalized patients, especially those receiving intensive care. The effectiveness of various azoles, especially itraconazole, in treatment of candidemia has not been fully evaluated. Our objective was to compare the efficacy and safety of enterally administered itraconazole vs. fluconazole in treatment of candidemia. DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. SETTING Pediatric intensive care unit of a referral and teaching hospital. SUBJECTS Forty-three pediatric patients with candidemia, INTERVENTION Patients received either fluconazole (n = 22) or itraconazole (n = 21), about 10 mg/kg orally or through a gastric tube, and were monitored for clinical and mycological cure (sterile fungal blood culture), blood counts, and liver and renal functions. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The clinical characteristics of two groups were comparable. The cure rate was similar in both the groups: itraconazole 17 of 21 (81%) and fluconazole 18 of 22 (82%). Crude mortality rate (itraconazole 9.5% and fluconazole 13.6%) was also comparable in two groups of patients. The frequency of electrolyte disturbance was very low and similar in both the groups. Blood urea, creatinine, liver enzymes, and serum bilirubin were not adversely affected. CONCLUSIONS Itraconazole was as effective as fluconazole in nosocomial candidiasis in children receiving intensive care and was devoid of serious side effects.
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- Rakesh K Mondal
- Department of Pediatrics, Advanced Pediatrics Centre, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
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Fungal infections are common in the newborn period, especially among premature neonates, and are responsible for considerable morbidity and mortality. Currently, three classes of antifungals are commonly used in the treatment of systemic fungal infections in neonates: the polyene macrolides (e.g. amphotericin B [deoxycholate and lipid preparations]); the azoles (e.g. fluconazole); and the fluorinated pyrimidines (e.g. flucytosine). The echinocandins (e.g. caspofungin and micafungin) are a newer class of antifungals which shows promise in this population.The available kinetic data on amphotericin B deoxycholate in neonates are derived from very small studies and exhibit considerable variability. There are no kinetic data available for the use of lipid preparations in this population and, again, much has been inferred from adult studies. The information available for flucytosine is also limited but appears similar to what is observed in adults. Fluconazole has the most neonatal pharmacokinetic data, which show slightly less variability than the other antifungals. Genomic factors which affect the metabolism of amphotericin B and fluconazole may explain some of the observed variability. Most of the data for the efficacy of antifungal drugs in neonates are derived from retrospective studies and case reports. The data for amphotericin B deoxycholate and flucytosine are limited. There are more data for the liposomal and lipid complex preparations of amphotericin B and for fluconazole in this population. These support the use of these drugs in neonates, but because of their largely noncomparative nature they can not define the optimal dosage or duration of therapy. Amphotericin B deoxycholate is primarily nephrotoxic. It also induces electrolyte abnormalities and is to a lesser degree cardiotoxic. This toxicity in neonates appears similar to published data in older children and adults. While the lipid preparations of amphotericin B owe their existence to a presumed decrease in toxicity, the observed toxicity in neonates appears to be equal to that seen with the deoxycholate, although it should be noted that the lipid preparations are usually given at much higher dosages. Fluconazole toxicity appears to be milder and less frequent in this population than is seen with amphotericin B. In the final analysis, we do not have sufficient data to define the pharmacokinetic profiles, optimal dose or duration of therapy, or toxicity for any of these compounds in neonates. Further studies are necessary if the optimisation of antifungal therapy in this population is to continue.
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- Daniel A C Frattarelli
- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 3901 Beaubien, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Gray PH, Nourse CB, Peeler A. Antifungal agents for the treatment of mucocutaneous candidiasis in neonates and children. Hippokratia 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd004867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Peter H Gray
- University of Queensland; Neonatology; Mater Mothers' Hospital Raymond Tce South Brisbane Queensland Australia 4101
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- Mater Children's Hospital; Paediatrics; University of Queensland Raymond Tce South Brisbane Queensland Australia 4101
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- Mater Mothers' Hospital; Neonatology; Raymond Tce South Brisbane Queensland Australia 4101
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Aujard Y, Farnoux C, Lefevre S, Maury L, Delezoide AL, Mariani-Kurkdjian P. Infections néonatales à Candida. Arch Pediatr 2003; 10 Suppl 5:569s-574s. [PMID: 15022783 DOI: 10.1016/s0929-693x(03)90039-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Candida infections in newborns are classified, as bacterial ones, in early onset or maternofoetal infections and late onset diseases, primitive and nosocomial. Candida infections are responsible of less than 1% of early onset sepsis. Their diagnosis is facilitated by suggestive cutaneous lesions which can be associated or not with systemic infection. Candida nosocomial infections are the most frequent, 7% in premature infants < 1500 g; they are associated with a central venous catheter or with cutaneous infection in extremely low birth weight infants. C. albicans is the predominant species in maternofoetal infections, contrary to nosocomial ones where C. parapsilosis is predominant, 60%. Both species are sensitive to fluconazole. Amphotericin B and its lipidic derivative Ambisome is the reference drug. Because of its lower toxicity and simplicity of administration, fluconazole is preferable for sensitive species. Its prophylactic use in colonized premature infants has been recently proposed.
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- Y Aujard
- Service de néonatologie, hôpital Robert-Debré, AP-HP, 48, boulevard Sérurier, 75019 Paris, France.
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Neely MN, Schreiber JR. Fluconazole prophylaxis in the very low birth weight infant: not ready for prime time. Pediatrics 2001; 107:404-5. [PMID: 11158475 DOI: 10.1542/peds.107.2.404] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- M N Neely
- Department of Pediatrics, Case Western Reserve University, OH 44106, USA
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Martin MV. The use of fluconazole and itraconazole in the treatment of Candida albicans infections: a review. J Antimicrob Chemother 1999; 44:429-37. [PMID: 10588302 DOI: 10.1093/jac/44.4.429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Candida albicans is responsible for most fungal infections in humans. Fluconazole is well established as a first-line management option for the treatment and prophylaxis of localized and systemic C. albicans infections. Fluconazole exhibits predictable pharmacokinetics and is effective, well tolerated and suitable for use in most patients with C. albicans infections, including children, the elderly and those with impaired immunity. Prophylactic administration of fluconazole can help to prevent fungal infections in patients receiving cytotoxic cancer therapy. The increasing use of fluconazole for the long-term prophylaxis and treatment of recurrent oral candidosis in AIDS patients has led to the emergence of C. albicans infections that are not responsive to conventional doses. Second-line therapy with a wider spectrum antifungal, such as itraconazole, should be sought if treatment with fluconazole fails. A solution formulation of itraconazole has recently been introduced to overcome the poor and variable absorption of its original capsule formulation. Efficacy and tolerability studies in HIV-positive or immunocompromised patients with C. albicans infections have shown that, although itraconazole solution is as effective as fluconazole, it is less well tolerated as first-line therapy. Itraconazole solution can be effective in AIDS patients with C. albicans infections that are non-responsive to fluconazole. No efficacy or tolerability data are available on the use of itraconazole solution in children or the elderly.
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- M V Martin
- Department of Clinical Dental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK.
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