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ArticleInfection and drug resistance2018

Posaconazole achieves prompt recovery of voriconazole-induced liver injury in a case of invasive aspergillosis.

Javier Martínez-Casanova, Nuria Carballo, Sonia Luque, Luisa Sorli, Santiago Grau

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Article in Infection and drug resistance, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Pre-Existing Liver Disease and Toxicity of Antifungals.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Javier Martínez-CasanovaPharmacy Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Nuria CarballoPharmacy Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Sonia LuquePharmacy Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Luisa SorliInfectious Diseases Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Santiago GrauPharmacy Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain.
Hospital Del Mar · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Azole antifungals have frequently been linked to the presence of hepatotoxicity, but there is scarce information on cross-toxicity between these drugs or on the possibility of using some of them when this type of toxicity occurs. We report the case of a 64-year-old man with invasive aspergillosis (IA) leading to spondylodiscitis with neurological involvement. Early management included intravenous (iv) voriconazole, which had to be interrupted after 1 week due to liver damage. Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of voriconazole showed that the plasma concentration was within the therapeutic range. However, it was replaced by a combination therapy of oral posaconazole plus iv caspofungin. Posaconazole allowed normalization of liver enzymes. After finishing posaconazole monotherapy on an outpatient basis, the patient made a full recovery. This case report provides further evidence that oral posaconazole is safe and effective as rescue therapy after the appearance of voriconazole-induced liver toxicity.

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antifungal agentscase reporthepatotoxicitytherapeutic drug monitoring

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PMID29551905
PMCPMC5844257
OpenAlexW2790418987

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