Failure of posaconazole therapy in a renal transplant patient with invasive aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus with attenuated susceptibility to posaconazole

Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2011 Jul;55(7):3564-6. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01544-10. Epub 2011 Apr 18.

Abstract

We report the case of a kidney transplant recipient with invasive aspergillosis due to Aspergillus fumigatus resistant to voriconazole and intermediately susceptible to posaconazole who failed posaconazole therapy. Plasma posaconazole concentrations indicated an unfavorable ratio of the area under the concentration-time curve over the MIC. Posaconazole should be used with caution for invasive aspergillosis caused by strains with attenuated posaconazole susceptibility, as drug exposure may be inadequate, resulting in therapeutic failure.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Aspergillosis / drug therapy*
  • Aspergillosis / etiology
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / drug effects*
  • Aspergillus fumigatus / pathogenicity*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Middle Aged
  • Triazoles / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Triazoles
  • posaconazole