Amphotericin-B and Voriconazole for Pulmonary Blastomycosis

Summary

All patients with pulmonary blastomycosis requiring mechanical ventilation will have their blood concentrations measured for the antifungal drugs, amphotericin-B and voriconazole; as well as an analysis of the susceptibility of their infecting species of blastomyces. This information will then be analyzed relative to their rate of clinical recovery from this serious fungal infection.

Timeline

Start

2015-06

Primary completion

2020-09-25

Completion

2020-09-25

Publications

• Background Chapman SW, Dismukes WE, Proia LA, Bradsher RW, Pappas PG, Threlkeld MG, Kauffman CA; Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of blastomycosis: 2008 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Jun 15;46(12):1801-12. doi: 10.1086/588300.
• Background Chowfin A, Tight R, Mitchell S. Recurrent blastomycosis of the central nervous system: case report and review. Clin Infect Dis. 2000 Jun;30(6):969-71. doi: 10.1086/313828.
• Background Ariano RE, Mitchelmore BR, Lagace-Wiens PR, Zelenitsky SA. Successful treatment of pulmonary blastomycosis with continuously infused amphotericin B deoxycholate after failure with liposomal amphotericin B. Ann Pharmacother. 2013 Jun;47(6):e26. doi: 10.1345/aph.1R703. Epub 2013 May 14.
• Background Eriksson U, Seifert B, Schaffner A. Comparison of effects of amphotericin B deoxycholate infused over 4 or 24 hours: randomised controlled trial. BMJ. 2001 Mar 10;322(7286):579-82. doi: 10.1136/bmj.322.7286.579.

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