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Abstract
Given its good tolerance and broad-spectrum, isavuconazole is increasingly used off-label as an empirical therapy of invasive fungal infections. We retrospectively reviewed isavuconazole empirical treatment during a 12-month period in four hospitals. During isavuconazole treatment (n = 27), none of the patients had a mycological evidence for fungal infection, but 19% (5/27) developed liver test abnormalities without leading to isavuconazole discontinuation. Isavuconazole could be considered as an off-label empirical therapy only if patients cannot receive caspofungin or liposomal amphotericin B.
Compte tenu de sa bonne tolérance et de son large spectre, l’isavuconazole est de plus en plus utilisé hors AMM comme traitement empirique des infections fongiques invasives. Nous avons étudié rétrospectivement les prescriptions empiriques d’isavuconazole sur une période de 12 mois dans quatre hôpitaux. Pendant le traitement par isavuconazole (n = 27), aucun patient n’a présenté d’infection fongique, mais 19 % (5/27) des patients ont développé des perturbations des tests hépatiques sans entraîner l’arrêt de l’isavuconazole. L’isavuconazole peut être considéré comme traitement empirique hors AMM seulement si les patients ne peuvent pas recevoir la caspofungine ou l’amphotéricine B liposomale.
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