Mucormycosis medical therapy
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Syed Hassan A. Kazmi BSc, MD [2]
Overview
If mucormycosis is suspected, prompt amphotericin B therapy should be administered due to the rapid spread and high case-fatality rate of the disease. Amphotericin B (which works by damaging the cell walls of the fungi) is usually administered for a further 4-6 weeks after initial therapy begins to ensure eradication of the infection. Posaconazole has been shown to be effective against mucormycosis, perhaps more so than amphotericin B, but has not yet replaced it as the standard of care. After administration the patient must then be admitted to surgery for removal of the "fungus ball".
Medical Therapy
Treatment includes surgical debridement of involved tissues, antifungal therapy, use of growth factors to accelerate recovery from neutropenia, provision of granulocyte transfusions with sustained circulating neutrophils until the patient recovers from neutropenia, and discontinuation or reduction in the dose of glucocorticoids, correction of metabolic acidosis and hyperglycemia.
Antimicrobial Regimen[1]
- Preferred regimen (1): Amphotericin B Deoxycholate 1.0-1.5 mg/kg/day IV q24h
- Preferred regimen (2): Lipid Amphotericin B 5-10 mg/kg/day IV q24h
- Preferred regimen (3): Amphotericin B lipid complex 5-7.5 mg/kg/day IV q24h
- Alternative regimen (1):Caspofungin 70 mg IV load dose, 50 mg/day for >2 weeks PLUS Lipid Amphotericin B 5-10 mg/kg/day IV q24h
- Pediatric dose: Caspofungin 50 mg/m² IV q24h PLUS Lipid Amphotericin B 5-10 mg/kg/day IV q24h
- Alternative regimen (2): Micafungin OR Anidulafungin 100 mg/day for 2 weeks PLUS Lipid Amphotericin B 5-10 mg/kg/day IV q24h
- Pediatric dose: Micafungin 4 mg/kg/day; Micafungin 10mg/kg/day for low-birth weight infants; Anidulafungin 1.5 mg/kg/day
- Alternative regimen (3): Deferasirox 20 mg/kg PO qd for 2–4 weeks PLUS Lipid Amphotericin B 5-10 mg/kg/day IV q24h
- Alternative regimen (4): Posaconazole 800 mg/day PO qid or bid
- Alternative regimen (5): Initial: Isavuconazole 200 mg PO/IV q8h for 6 doses; maintenance: 200 mg PO/IV qd
- Note (1): start maintenance dose 12 to 24 hours after the last loading dose.
- Note (2): For salvage therapy: (Posaconazole 800 mg/day PO qid or bid ± Lipid Amphotericin B 5-10 mg/kg/day IV q24h) OR (Deferasirox 20 mg/kg PO qd for 2–4 weeks PLUS Lipid Amphotericin B 5-10 mg/kg/day IV q24h) OR Granulocyte transfusions (for persistently neutropenic patients) ∼10ˆ9 cells/kg OR Recombinant cytokines G-CSF 5 μg/kg/day, GM-CSF 100–250 μg/m², or IFN-g at 50 μg/m² for those with body surface area ≥ 0.5 m² and 1.5 μg/kg for those with body surface area <0.5 m²
References
- ↑ Spellberg B, Walsh TJ, Kontoyiannis DP, Edwards J, Ibrahim AS (2009). "Recent advances in the management of mucormycosis: from bench to bedside". Clin. Infect. Dis. 48 (12): 1743–51. doi:10.1086/599105. PMC 2809216. PMID 19435437.