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 | ||
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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.