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Prophylaxis with Weekly Versus Daily Fluconazole for Fungal Infections in Patients with AIDS

Havlir, Diane V., Dubé, Michael P., McCutchan, J. Allen, Forthal, Donald N., Kemper, Carol A., Dunne, Michael W., Parenti, David M., Kumar, Princy N. +10 more·1998·Clinical Infectious Diseases

Abstract

We compared the efficacy of a 400-mg once-weekly dosage versus a 200-mg daily dosage of fluconazole for the prevention of deep fungal infections in a multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial of 636 human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients to determine if a less intensive fluconazole regimen could prevent these serious but relatively infrequent complications of AIDS. In the intent-to-treat analysis, a deep fungal infection developed in 17 subjects (5.5%) randomly assigned to daily fluconazole treatment and in 24 (7.7%) given weekly fluconazole during 74 weeks of follow-up (risk difference, 2.2%; 95% confidence interval [CI], -1.7% to 6.1%). Thrush occurred twice as frequently in the weekly versus daily fluconazole recipients (hazard ratio, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.40-0.89), and in a subset of patients evaluated, fluconazole resistance was infrequent. Fluconazole administered once weekly is effective in reducing deep fungal infections in patients with AIDS, but this dosage is less effective than the 200-mg-daily dosage in preventing thrush.

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  • Long-term suppressive therapy with fluconazole is effective in prevention of oropharyngeal candidiasis in patients with AIDS and patients with cancer.

    “Long-term suppressive therapy with fluconazole is effective in the prevention of oropharyngeal candidiasis in patients with AIDS [32,[261][262][263] and patients with cancer [264].”

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Havlir, D. V., Dubé, M. P., McCutchan, J. A., Forthal, D. N., Kemper, C. A., Dunne, M. W., Parenti, D. M., Kumar, P. N., White, A. C., Witt, M. D., Nightingale, S. D., Sepkowitz, K. A., MacGregor, R. R., Cheeseman, S. H., Torriani, F. J., Zelasky, M. T., Sattler, F. R., & Bozzette, S. A.
Affiliations
  • University of California San Diego (US)
  • United States Department of Veterans Affairs (US)
Venue
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Published
1998-12-01
Volume
27
Issue
6
Pages
1369-1375
ISSN
  • 1058-4838 (ISSN-L)
  • 1537-6591
OpenAlex
W2128305340
Cited by
72
References
28
Citations by year
2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 4
FWCI
4.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Fungal Infections and Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Infectious Diseases › HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
Keywords
fluconazole, prophylaxis, AIDS, HIV infection, deep fungal infection, weekly dosing, daily dosing, thrushes, oral candidiasis, antifungal resistance
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Antifungal Agents, Double-Blind Method, Drug Administration Schedule, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Mycoses, Fluconazole, Survival Analysis, AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections, Chemoprevention

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