Mucormycosis secondary prevention

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [2]

Overview

Posaconazole has been found to be an effective agent for secondary prevention of mucormycosis.

Secondary Prevention in Mucormycosis

  • Patients who respond to a parenteral lipid amphotericin B-based treatment, given for at least 3 weeks, are transitioned to oral posaconazole as maintenance/secondary prophylaxis with serial monitoring of posaconazole serum drug concentrations to ensure compliance and absorption of the antifungal.[1]
  • Lipid amphotericin B may achieve high levels in the human tissues, thus, intermittent doses of lipid amphotericin B (i.e., 5 mg/kg 3 times per week or possibly even 2 times per week) after at least 3 to 4 weeks of initial therapy as an alternative to posaconazole therapy may also be used.

References

  1. Kontoyiannis DP, Lewis RE (2011). "How I treat mucormycosis". Blood. 118 (5): 1216–24. doi:10.1182/blood-2011-03-316430. PMC 3292433. PMID 21622653.

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