Lehrnbecher, T; Attarbaschi, A; Duerken, M; Garbino, J; Gruhn, B; Kontny, U; Lüer, S; Phillips, R; Scholz, J; Wagner, H J; Wiesel, T; Groll, A H (2010). Posaconazole salvage treatment in paediatric patients: a multicentre survey. European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 29(8), pp. 1043-1045. Berlin: Springer 10.1093/jac/dk1009
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While a paediatric dosage has not been defined, posaconazole is occasionally being used in children. We conducted a multicentre retrospective survey and identified 15 patients (median age 10 years [range 3.6-17.5]) who received posaconazole salvage therapy for proven (9 patients) or probable (6 patients) invasive fungal infections. Posaconazole was administered for a median of 32 days (range 4-262) at a median dosage of 21 mg/kg (range 4.8-33.3). None of the patients discontinued therapy due to adverse events, which were mostly mild and observed in 11 patients. Complete or partial responses were observed in 4/7 patients with zygomycosis, 3/4 patients with invasive mould infection, 1/2 patients with invasive aspergillosis and 1/2 patients with chronic disseminated candidiasis. We conclude from the data that posaconazole displays favourable safety and tolerance and may be useful for management of individual paediatric patients with invasive infections.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine |
UniBE Contributor: |
Lüer, Sonja |
ISSN: |
0934-9723 |
Publisher: |
Springer |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Anette van Dorland |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:07 |
Last Modified: |
02 Mar 2023 23:20 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1093/jac/dk1009 |
PubMed ID: |
20495990 |
Web of Science ID: |
000285244400018 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/175 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/175 (FactScience: 196612) |
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