TABLE 3.
Pathogens identified in patients with proven deep fungal infections after prophylactic treatment with itraconazole or amphotericin B
| Pathogens | No. of patients with pathogen detected posttreatment
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Itraconazole | Amphotericin B | |
| Aspergillus fumigatus | 5a | 8b |
| Aspergillus terreus | 0 | 1a |
| Candida albicans | 1c | 0 |
| Candida glabrata | 1 | 0 |
| Candida krusei | 0 | 1c |
| Candida parapsilosis | 0 | 1c |
| Cryptococcus neoformans | 1 | 0 |
| Fusarium nygamai | 0 | 1c |
| Geotrichum spp. | 0 | 1ac |
| Total | 8 | 13 |
a
One died.
b
Three died.
c
Detected in blood.