TABLE 4.
Mortality
| Cause of death | No. of patients from treatment group:
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Itraconazole (n = 86) | Caspofungin (n = 106) | |
| Non-infection-related deaths | 4 | 2 |
| Infection-related deaths | ||
| Sepsis (unknown pathogen) | 1 | 1 |
| Disseminated Trichosporon + VREa sepsis | 1 | |
| Aspergillus pneumonia | 1 | 2 |
| Aspergillus pneumonia + candidemia (C. albicans) | 1a | |
| Curvularia spp. pneumonia | 1b | |
a
Infection was documented 10 days after itraconazole had been discontinued.
b
Infection was documented 20 days after caspofungin had been discontinued
c
VRE, vancomycin-resistant enterococcus.