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ArticleAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Isavuconazole Exposure in Critically Ill Patients Treated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Two Case Reports and a Narrative Literature Review.

Beatrijs Mertens, Omar Elkayal, Erwin Dreesen, Joost Wauters, Philippe Meersseman, Yves Debaveye, Karlien Degezelle, Pieter Vermeersch, Matthias Gijsen, Isabel Spriet

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Article in Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Beatrijs MertensDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven and Pharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-1501-3045
Omar ElkayalDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-5708-9497
Erwin DreesenDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-0785-2930
Joost WautersDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven and Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Philippe MeerssemanDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven and Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Yves DebaveyeDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven and Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Karlien DegezelleDepartment of Perfusion Technology, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Pieter VermeerschClinical Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Matthias GijsenDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven and Pharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1378-3772
Isabel SprietDepartment of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven and Pharmacy Department, University Hospitals Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
KU Leuven · BE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective dosing of isavuconazole in patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is important due to the role of isavuconazole as a first-line treatment in patients with influenza- and COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis. To date, robust pharmacokinetic data in patients supported by ECMO are limited. Therefore, it is unknown whether ECMO independently impacts isavuconazole exposure. We measured isavuconazole plasma concentrations in two patients supported by ECMO and estimated individual pharmacokinetic parameters using non-compartmental analysis and two previously published population pharmacokinetic models. Furthermore, a narrative literature review on isavuconazole exposure in adult patients receiving ECMO was performed. The 24 h areas under the concentration-time curve and trough concentrations of isavuconazole were lower in both patients compared with exposure values published before. In the literature, highly variable isavuconazole concentrations have been documented in patients with ECMO support. The independent effect of ECMO versus critical illness itself on isavuconazole exposure cannot be deduced from our and previously published (case) reports. Pending additional data, therapeutic drug monitoring is recommended in critically ill patients, regardless of ECMO support.

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critical careextracorporeal membrane oxygenationinvasive fungal infectionsisavuconazolepharmacokineticstherapeutic drug monitoring

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PMID37508181
PMCPMC10376546
OpenAlexW4381616883

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