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. 2004 Jun;48(6):2166–2172. doi: 10.1128/AAC.48.6.2166-2172.2004

TABLE 5.

Patients with voriconazole dose reduced or discontinued due to AE or laboratory abnormalities

Change in voriconazole Underlying diseasea Day of dose reduction or discontinuation Reason Outcome
Discontinued AML 13 Subdural hematoma Died 4 days later
Discontinued ALL 6 Fever and viral enteritis Resolved in 3 days
Discontinued ALL 3 Fever Resolved in 33 days
Dose reduced then discontinued Relapsed ALL BMT Dose reduced on day 8, discontinued on day 11 Elevated serum creatinine (1.2 × ULN) Died 6 days later due to bacterial sepsis and meningitisb
Discontinued Fanconi's anemia; autoimmune hepatitis 7 Elevated AST and ALT (10 × ULN) AST and ALT normalized in 34 days
Dose reduced ALL; BMT 14 Abnormal renal function and elevated serum creatinine Resolved in 27 days
a

ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; AML, acute myelogenous leukemia; BMT, blood and marrow transplantation.

b

Stomatococcus mucilaginosus.