Successful Treatment of Azole-Resistant Candida Esophagitis in an Immunocompromised Pregnant Woman Using Anidulafungin

Abstract

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Sucher

Chahine

Balcer

HE.

Echinocandins: the newest class of antifungals. Ann Pharmacother. 2009;43:1646-1657. doi:10.1345/aph.1M237

Pappas

Kauffman

Andes

. Clinical practice guideline for the management of candidiasis: 2016 update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clin Infect Dis. 2016;62:e1-e50. doi:10.1093/cid/civ1194

Couttreau

Barr

VO.

A review of antiviral and antifungal use and safety during pregnancy. Pharmacotherapy. 2016;36:688-678. doi:10.1002/phar.1764

Briggs

Freeman

Yaffe

SJ.

Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation: A Reference Guide to Fetal and Neonatal Risk. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2011.

Cancidas (caspofungin acetate). Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck & Co, Inc; 2001.

Mycamine (micafungin sodium). Takaota City, Japan: Astellas Pharma Tech Co, Ltd; 2005.

Eraxis (anidulafungin). New York, NY: Pfizer Inc; 2006.