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. 2021 Nov 18;15(11):e0009921. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009921

Table 2. Common AEs of systemic fungal agents used to treat CAM as reported in the US Food and Drugs Administration Adverse Events Reporting System [85].

Antifungal drug* Number of AEs^ Common AEs
Total cases Serious cases (including deaths) Death cases
AmB 10,958 10,163 4,235 Drug ineffective, off-label use, pyrexia, acute kidney injury, hypokalaemia, blood creatinine increased, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, renal impairment, condition aggravated, renal failure, dyspnoea, chills, death
Isavuconazole 659 647 250 Death, product use in unapproved infection, off-label use, drug ineffective, drug interaction, nausea, diarrhoea, infection, febrile neutropenia, pneumonia, pyrexia, Aspergillus infection, acute kidney injury
Posaconazole 3,897 3,214 992 Drug interaction, drug ineffective, death, product use in unapproved infection, off-label use, pyrexia, pneumonia, Aspergillus infection, condition aggravated, neutropenia, AE, diarrhoea, acute kidney injury
Itraconazole 10,789 10,219 1,249 Drug interaction, dermatitis, pruritus, drug ineffective, pyrexia, dyspnoea, nausea, oedema peripheral, condition aggravated, hepatic function abnormal, asthenia, urticaria, rash maculo-papular

*Drugs in generic form.

^Data as of March 31, 2021.

AE, adverse event; amphotericin B; CAM, COVID-19–associated mucormycosis.