TY - JOUR
T1 - Efficacy of a single intravenous dose of amphotericin B for Candida urinary tract infections
T2 - Further favorable experience
AU - Fisher, J. F.
AU - Woeltje, K.
AU - Espinel-Ingroff, A.
AU - Stanfield, J.
AU - DiPiro, J. T.
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - Studies in experimental animals and humans have shown that Amphotericin B (AmB) persists in urine for days to weeks after a single IV dose in levels that should inhibit candidal organisms and thereby obviate the need for frequent dosing. Including data from four previously described patients, we have now treated a total of 11 patients (12 episodes) with Candida urinary tract infections with single-dose AmB (six, Candida albicans; two, C. tropicalis; four, other nonalbicans Candida). The duration of candiduria prior to entry ranged from 18 to 180 days. Predisposing conditions included renal transplantation (1), diabetes mellitus (8), genitourinary stones (1) or anomalies (4), catheterization (2), and antibacterial therapy (11). A single patient was intolerant of AmB. Out of 11 evaluable candiduric episodes, eight resolved. Failure occurred in one patient with a chronic indwelling bladder catheter and in the allograft recipient. The data suggest that the sustained urinary excretion of AmB may permit successful single- or paucidose therapy of Candida urinary tract infections in some patients with a minimum of toxicity.
AB - Studies in experimental animals and humans have shown that Amphotericin B (AmB) persists in urine for days to weeks after a single IV dose in levels that should inhibit candidal organisms and thereby obviate the need for frequent dosing. Including data from four previously described patients, we have now treated a total of 11 patients (12 episodes) with Candida urinary tract infections with single-dose AmB (six, Candida albicans; two, C. tropicalis; four, other nonalbicans Candida). The duration of candiduria prior to entry ranged from 18 to 180 days. Predisposing conditions included renal transplantation (1), diabetes mellitus (8), genitourinary stones (1) or anomalies (4), catheterization (2), and antibacterial therapy (11). A single patient was intolerant of AmB. Out of 11 evaluable candiduric episodes, eight resolved. Failure occurred in one patient with a chronic indwelling bladder catheter and in the allograft recipient. The data suggest that the sustained urinary excretion of AmB may permit successful single- or paucidose therapy of Candida urinary tract infections in some patients with a minimum of toxicity.
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U2 - 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00711.x
DO - 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2003.00711.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 14616745
AN - SCOPUS:0242268547
SN - 1198-743X
VL - 9
SP - 1024
EP - 1027
JO - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
JF - Clinical Microbiology and Infection
IS - 10
ER -