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. 1999 Jan;12(1):40–79. doi: 10.1128/cmr.12.1.40

TABLE 2.

Azole antifungal agents for systemic mycoses

Clinical use Ketoconazole Itraconazole Fluconazole
Aspergillosis a
Candidiemia bc
Cryptococcosis d
Blastomycosis ade a d
Histoplasmosis ade a b
Coccidioidomycosis a
Paracoccidioidomycosis d b
Sporotrichosis b
Pseudallescheriasis d
a

Not for meningeal infection. 

b

Promising, but clinical studies needed. 

c

Lack of i.v. formulation at present limits use in seriously ill patients. 

d

Second-line azole. 

e

Nonimmunosuppressed hosts only.