TABLE 5.
Case no. | Age (y) | Sex | Disease | Proven IFD | Pathogen | First-line therapy | Reason to switch | Salvage treatment | ISA dose (mg/day) | IFD outcome | AE | Authors (reference) |
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1 | 4.5 | M | ALL | Mucormycosis (orbital sinus) | Rhizopus oryzae | L-AMB + CAS | IFD progression | L-AMB + ISA | 80–160 (i.v.), 100–200 (p.o.) | CR | None | Barg et al. (15) |
2 | 5 | M | ALL | Mucormycosis (hard palate, skull, conchae) | Negative culture | L-AMB | IFD progression | L-AMB + ISA | 150–200 (i.v.), 100–200 (p.o.) | CR | None | Barg et al. (15) |
3 | 3 | F | ALL | Mucormycosis (disseminated) | Lichtheimia spp. | VRC | Renal impairment | ISA monotherapy | 70–180 (i.v.), 200 (p.o.) | PR | Nausea, vomiting | Cornu et al. (16) |
4 | 13.8 | NI | HM | Mucormycosis | L-AMB | IFD progression | L-AMB + ISA | 4 mg/kg/day (i.v.-p.o.) | CR | None | Muggeo et al. (14) | |
5 | 16 | NI | HM | Mucormycosis | L-AMB | Maintenance therapy | ISA monotherapy | 4 mg/kg/day (p.o.) | CR | None | Muggeo et al. (14) | |
6 | 7 | F | ALL | Mucormycosis | Cunninghamella | ABLC + CAS | IFD progression | ABLC + ISA + CAS | 200–400 (i.v.-p.o.) | CR | None | Pomorska et al. (17) |
Abbreviations: AE, adverse events; ALL, acute lymphoblastic leukemia; CR, complete resolution; F, female; HM, hematologic malignancy; i.v., intravenous; M, male; NI, not indicated; p.o., oral; PR, partial resolution.