Fluconazole

Kathryn Dzintars Dzintars, Pharm.D., BCPS, Edina Avdic, Pharm.D.

INDICATIONS

Candidiasis prophylaxis (patients undergoing bone marrow transplant who receive cytotoxic chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy)
Oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis
Vulvovaginal candidiasis
Cryptococcal meningitis (treatment and suppression) in AIDS patients

Blastomycosis
Candida infections
- Disseminated candidiasis and candidemia (including peritonitis)
- Endophthalmitis
- Osteoarticular infection and septic arthritis
- UTIs
- Endovascular - step-down therapy
- CNS candidiasis - step-down therapy
- Neonatal candidiasis
- Prophylaxis: critically ill patients s/p GI surgery, candidal infection prevention
Cryptococcal infections: meningitis (non-HIV) and pulmonary infections (HIV, non-HIV)
Coccidioidomycosis
Histoplasmosis a
- As an alternative therapy for mild to moderate diseases in patients intolerant to itraconazole.
Pityriasis versicolor
Tinea infections

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