Antifungal stewardship considerations for adults and pediatrics

Implementing an Antibiotic Stewardship Program: Guidelines by the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

(2016) Tamar F. Barlam et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Candidiasis: 2016 Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America

(2016) Peter G. Pappas et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Early diagnosis and monitoring of mucormycosis by detection of circulating DNA in serum: retrospective analysis of 44 cases collected through the French Surveillance Network of Invasive Fungal Infections (RESSIF)

(2016) L. Millon et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

T2MR and T2Candida: novel technology for the rapid diagnosis of candidemia and invasive candidiasis

(2016) Michael A Pfaller et al.   Future Microbiology

Current State of Antimicrobial Stewardship at Solid Organ and Hematopoietic Cell Transplant Centers in the United States

(2016) Susan K. Seo et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Invasive Aspergillosis

(2016) Jose Cadena et al.   INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Randomized Trial of Rapid Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction–Based Blood Culture Identification and Susceptibility Testing

(2015) Ritu Banerjee et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

T2 Magnetic Resonance Assay for the Rapid Diagnosis of Candidemia in Whole Blood: A Clinical Trial

(2015) Eleftherios Mylonakis et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Drug-interactions of azole antifungals with selected immunosuppressants in transplant patients: strategies for optimal management in clinical practice

(2015) Vincent JC Lempers et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PHARMACOLOGY

Hospital use of systemic antifungal drugs: a multi-center surveillance update from Germany

(2015) Barbara N. Gross et al.   INFECTION

Antifungal therapy: drug–drug interactions at your fingertips

(2015) Vincent J. Lempers et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Introduction of an antifungal stewardship programme targeting high-cost antifungals at a tertiary hospital in Cambridge, England

(2015) C. Micallef et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Challenges in Preparation of Cumulative Antibiogram Reports for Community Hospitals

(2015) Rebekah W. Moehring et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Role of Non-Culture-Based Tests, with an Emphasis on Galactomannan Testing for the Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis

(2015) Johan Maertens et al.   SEMINARS IN RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Declining Incidence of Candidemia and the Shifting Epidemiology of Candida Resistance in Two US Metropolitan Areas, 2008–2013: Results from Population-Based Surveillance

(2015) Angela Ahlquist Cleveland et al.   PLoS One

Systemic Antifungal Prescribing in Neonates and Children: Outcomes from the Antibiotic Resistance and Prescribing in European Children (ARPEC) Study

(2014) J. M. Lestner et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Switching from Posaconazole Suspension to Tablets Increases Serum Drug Levels in Leukemia Patients without Clinically Relevant Hepatotoxicity

(2014) Dong Sik Jung et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Development of cross-resistance by Aspergillus fumigatus to clinical azoles following exposure to prochloraz, an agricultural azole

(2014) Isabel Faria-Ramos et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Serum Galactomannan-Based Early Detection of Invasive Aspergillosis in Hematology Patients Receiving Effective Antimold Prophylaxis

(2014) R. F. Duarte et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Review of Rapid Diagnostic Tests Used by Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs

(2014) Karri A. Bauer et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Molecular and Nonmolecular Diagnostic Methods for Invasive Fungal Infections

(2014) M. Arvanitis et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Nonmolecular Methods for the Diagnosis of Respiratory Fungal Infections

(2014) Frédéric Lamoth et al.   CLINICS IN LABORATORY MEDICINE

Antimicrobial Stewardship in Immunocompromised Hosts

(2014) Lilian M. Abbo et al.   INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Reduction in False-Positive Aspergillus Serum Galactomannan Enzyme Immunoassay Results Associated with Use of Piperacillin-Tazobactam in the United States

(2014) P. Vergidis et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

PCR in Diagnosis of Invasive Aspergillosis: a Meta-Analysis of Diagnostic Performance

(2014) M. Arvanitis et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Impact of Rapid Organism Identification via Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization Time-of-Flight Combined With Antimicrobial Stewardship Team Intervention in Adult Patients With Bacteremia and Candidemia

(2013) Angela M. Huang et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Finding the “Missing 50%” of Invasive Candidiasis: How Nonculture Diagnostics Will Improve Understanding of Disease Spectrum and Transform Patient Care

(2013) Cornelius J. Clancy et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A 6-year antifungal stewardship programme in a teaching hospital

(2013) V. Mondain et al.   INFECTION

Antifungal step-down therapy based on hospital intravenous to oral switch policy and susceptibility testing in adult patients with candidaemia: a single centre experience

(2013) A. M. Bal et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PRACTICE

Galactomannan and PCR versus culture and histology for directing use of antifungal treatment for invasive aspergillosis in high-risk haematology patients: a randomised controlled trial

(2013) C Orla Morrissey et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Active Surveillance of Candidemia in Children from Latin America

(2013) Maria E. Santolaya et al.   PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS DISEASE JOURNAL

A Risk Prediction Score for Invasive Mold Disease in Patients with Hematological Malignancies

(2013) Marta Stanzani et al.   PLoS One

Impact of a rapid peptide nucleic acid fluorescence in situ hybridization assay on treatment of Candida infections

(2012) Emily L. Heil et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACY

Antibiogram compliance in University HealthSystem Consortium participating hospitals with Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines

(2012) R. Xu et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HEALTH-SYSTEM PHARMACY

Impact of Prior Inappropriate Fluconazole Dosing on Isolation of Fluconazole-Nonsusceptible Candida Species in Hospitalized Patients with Candidemia

(2012) Dhara N. Shah et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Posaconazole Exposure-Response Relationship: Evaluating the Utility of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

(2012) Michael J. Dolton et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Addressing the envelope for gene delivery

(2012) R. J. O'Reilly   BLOOD

The Effect of Therapeutic Drug Monitoring on Safety and Efficacy of Voriconazole in Invasive Fungal Infections: A Randomized Controlled Trial

(2012) Wan Beom Park et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Performance of Candida Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction,  -D-Glucan Assay, and Blood Cultures in the Diagnosis of Invasive Candidiasis

(2012) M. H. Nguyen et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A non-compulsory stewardship programme for the management of antifungals in a university-affiliated hospital

(2012) F. López-Medrano et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Making sense of posaconazole therapeutic drug monitoring

(2012) Michelle R. Ananda-Rajah et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Evolución del consumo de antifúngicos en pacientes críticos. Estudio multicéntrico observacional, 2006-2010

(2012) Pedro M. Olaechea-Astigarraga et al.   ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS Y MICROBIOLOGIA CLINICA

Piperacillin/tazobactam (TazocinTM) seems to be no longer responsible for false-positive results of the galactomannan assay

(2012) M. Mikulska et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Diagnostic Accuracy of PCR Alone Compared to Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis: a Systematic Review

(2012) T. Avni et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia in immunocompromised patients: Delayed diagnosis and poor outcomes in non-HIV-infected individuals

(2012) Ming-Chi Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY IMMUNOLOGY AND INFECTION

Antimicrobial Stewardship in Patients with Cancer

(2012) Frank P. Tverdek et al.   PHARMACOTHERAPY

Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Detecting Galactomannan in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid for Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis

(2012) Mingxiang Zou et al.   PLoS One

Utilization of fluconazole in an intensive care unit at a university hospital in Brazil

(2012) Tânia Pereira Salci et al.   International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy

Impact of a Prospective-Audit-With-Feedback Antimicrobial Stewardship Program at a Children's Hospital

(2012) Jason G. Newland et al.   Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society

Concentration of Antifungal Agents within Host Cell Membranes: a New Paradigm Governing the Efficacy of Prophylaxis

(2011) P. Campoli et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Attributable Hospital Cost and Antifungal Treatment of Invasive Fungal Diseases in High-Risk Hematology Patients: an Economic Modeling Approach

(2011) Michelle R. Ananda-Rajah et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Comparison of an Aspergillus Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay With Galactomannan Testing of Bronchoalvelolar Lavage Fluid for the Diagnosis of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Lung Transplant Recipients

(2011) M.-L. Luong et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

 -D-Glucan Assay for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections: A Meta-analysis

(2011) D. E. Karageorgopoulos et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

 -Glucan Antigenemia Assay for the Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients With Hematological Malignancies: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies From the Third European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL-3)

(2011) F. Lamoth et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The case for antifungal stewardship

(2011) Michelle R. Ananda-Rajah et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Diagnosis of Invasive Fungal Disease Using Serum (1→3)-β-D-Glucan: A Bivariate Meta-Analysis

(2011) Yuan Lu et al.   INTERNAL MEDICINE

A post-marketing evaluation of posaconazole plasma concentrations in neutropenic patients with haematological malignancy receiving posaconazole prophylaxis

(2011) Alexander M. Bryant et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Antifungal use influences Candida species distribution and susceptibility in the intensive care unit

(2011) P. Fournier et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Voriconazole drug monitoring in the management of invasive fungal infection in immunocompromised children: a prospective study

(2011) P. Soler-Palacin et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Evaluation of antifungal therapy in patients with candidaemia based on susceptibility testing results: implications for antimicrobial stewardship programmes

(2011) D. N. Shah et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Assessment of Impact of Peptide Nucleic Acid Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization for Rapid Identification of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci in the Absence of Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention

(2011) C. Holtzman et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Diagnostic Accuracy of Serum 1,3-β-d-Glucan for Pneumocystis jiroveci Pneumonia, Invasive Candidiasis, and Invasive Aspergillosis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

(2011) Akira Onishi et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Recent Exposure to Caspofungin or Fluconazole Influences the Epidemiology of Candidemia: a Prospective Multicenter Study Involving 2,441 Patients

(2010) Olivier Lortholary et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Posaconazole Serum Concentrations among Cardiothoracic Transplant Recipients: Factors Impacting Trough Levels and Correlation with Clinical Response to Therapy

(2010) Ryan K. Shields et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Accuracy of BAL Galactomannan in Diagnosing Invasive Aspergillosis

(2010) Ya-Ling Guo et al.   CHEST

Prospective Surveillance for Invasive Fungal Infections in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients, 2001–2006: Overview of the Transplant‐Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET) Database

(2010) Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Invasive Fungal Infections among Organ Transplant Recipients: Results of the Transplant‐Associated Infection Surveillance Network (TRANSNET)

(2010) Peter G. Pappas et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Exposure–Response of Posaconazole Used for Prophylaxis Against Invasive Fungal Infections: Evaluating the Need to Adjust Doses Based on Drug Concentrations in Plasma

(2010) S H Jang et al.   CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Management of Drug and Food Interactions with Azole Antifungal Agents in Transplant Recipients

(2010) Elizabeth Dodds-Ashley   PHARMACOTHERAPY

Airborne Aspergillus contamination during hospital construction works: Efficacy of protective measures

(2009) Isabelle Fournel et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INFECTION CONTROL

Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Posaconazole: a Monocentric Study with 54 Adults

(2009) D. Lebeaux et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

International variations in infection supportive care practices for paediatric patients with acute myeloid leukaemia

(2009) Thomas Lehrnbecher et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF HAEMATOLOGY

Clinical Relevance of the Pharmacokinetic Interactions of Azole Antifungal Drugs with Other Coadministered Agents

(2009) Roger J. M. Brüggemann et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Empirical versus Preemptive Antifungal Therapy for High‐Risk, Febrile, Neutropenic Patients: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

(2009) Catherine Cordonnier et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

A prospective randomized controlled trial comparing PCR-based and empirical treatment with liposomal amphotericin B in patients after allo-SCT

(2008) H Hebart et al.   BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION

Delaying Amphotericin B–Based Frontline Therapy Significantly Increases Mortality among Patients with Hematologic Malignancy Who Have Zygomycosis

(2008) Georgios Chamilos et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Revised Definitions of Invasive Fungal Disease from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group (EORTC/MSG) Consensus Group

(2008) Ben De Pauw et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

The relationship between antifungal usage and antifungal susceptibility in clinical isolates ofCandida: a multicenter Korean study

(2008) Soo Hyun Kim et al.   MEDICAL MYCOLOGY

Voriconazole Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Patients with Invasive Mycoses Improves Efficacy and Safety Outcomes

(2007) A. Pascual et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES