Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Fluconazole
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- 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
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- 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
- Disseminated cryptococcosis
- Histoplasmosis a
- As an alternative therapy for mild to moderate diseases in patients intolerant to itraconazole.
- Pityriasis versicolor
- Tinea infections
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Last updated: October 8, 2023
Citation
Auwaerter, Paul G, and Edina Avdic. "Fluconazole." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2023. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540226/all/Fluconazole.
Auwaerter PG, Avdic E. Fluconazole. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540226/all/Fluconazole. Accessed February 1, 2025.
Auwaerter, P. G., & Avdic, E. (2023). Fluconazole. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540226/all/Fluconazole
Auwaerter PG, Avdic E. Fluconazole [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2023. [cited 2025 February 01]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540226/all/Fluconazole.
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