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ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY
卷 45, 期 8, 页码 2354-2357出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.8.2354-2357.2001
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- NCRR NIH HHS [N01-RR0255A] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [U01 AI025859, AI25859] Funding Source: Medline
Animal studies have shown that fungal burden correlates with survival during treatment with new antifungal therapies for histoplasmosis. The purpose of this report is to compare the clearance of fungal burden in patients,vith histoplasmosis treated with liposomal amphotericin B versus itraconazole, In two separate closed clinical trials that evaluated the efficacy of liposomal amphotericin B and itraconazole treatment of disseminated histoplasmosis in patients with ALDS, blood was cultured for fungus and blood and urine were tested for Histoplasma: antigen, The clinical response rates were similar; 86% with liposomal amphotericin B (n = 51) versus 85% with itraconazole (n = 59). Of the patients with positive blood cultures at enrollment, after 2 weeks of therapy cultures were negative in over 85% of the liposomal amphotericin B group versus 53% of the itraconazole group (P = 0.0008). Furthermore, after 2 weeks, median antigen levels in serum fell by 1.6 U in the liposomal amphotericin B group versus 0.1 U in the itraconazole group (P = 0.02), and those in urine fell by 2.1 U in the liposomal amphotericin B group and 0.2 U in the itraconazole group (P = 0.0005). The more rapid clearance of fungemia supports the use of liposomal amphotericin B rather than itraconazole for initial treatment of moderately severe or severe histoplasmosis.
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