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Synonyms: Vfend, Voriconazol, Voriconazole, Voriconazolum, CHEMBL638, ...
 
 
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Disease relevance of Voriconazole

 

Psychiatry related information on Voriconazole

  • After discontinuing voriconazole the hallucinations decreased in intensity by the 2nd day and ceased altogether by the 3rd day [6].
  • From a medical perspective, confirmation of the diagnosis, the need for long-term antifungal therapy, the need for long-term patient compliance, and the use of the new antifungal agent voriconazole are emphasized [7].
  • In multivariable models, salvage therapy with the combination of voriconazole and caspofungin was associated with reduced mortality, compared with therapy with voriconazole (HR, 0.28; 95% CI, 0.28-0.92; P=.011), independent of other prognostic variables (e.g., receipt of transplant and type of conditioning therapy) [8].
 

High impact information on Voriconazole

 

Chemical compound and disease context of Voriconazole

 

Biological context of Voriconazole

  • METHODS: In a controlled, open-label study, single oral doses of 400 mg voriconazole were administered to 16 healthy men stratified for CYP2C19 genotype before and on day 1 and day 15 of concomitant SJW intake (300 mg LI 160 3 times daily) [17].
  • CONCLUSIONS: In this population of severely immunocompromised patients with life-threatening IFI who have failed or were intolerant to standard antifungal therapy, voriconazole demonstrated substantial efficacy and an acceptable level of toxicity [18].
  • Voriconazole has several important safety issues, including visual adverse events, hepatic enzyme elevation and skin reactions, as well as a number of drug interactions [19].
  • The voriconazole free drug AUC/MIC ratios were similar for all of the organisms studied (range, 11 to 58; mean +/- standard deviation, 24 +/- 17 [P = 0.45]) [20].
  • Voriconazole is rapidly absorbed within 2 hours after oral administration and the oral bioavailability is over 90%, thus allowing switching between oral and intravenous formulations when clinically appropriate [21].
 

Anatomical context of Voriconazole

 

Associations of Voriconazole with other chemical compounds

 

Gene context of Voriconazole

  • Activity against C. krusei in the presence of voriconazole was greatest when MDM were activated with IFN-gamma rather than GM-CSF [31].
  • Five hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients that developed breakthrough Candida glabrata bloodstream infections while receiving voriconazole are described and the clinical management and susceptibility profiles of their isolates are reported [32].
  • These results were confirmed by expressing the CYP51 genes from C. krusei and C. albicans in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and determining the susceptibility of the transformants to voriconazole and fluconazole [33].
  • Using different inoculation models of IA, we found that Toll-deficient Drosophila flies exposed to voriconazole (VRC), the preferred drug for the treatment of IA in humans, had significantly better survival rates and lower tissue fungal burdens than did those not exposed to VRC [34].
  • Our primary objective was to compare the results of voriconazole disk diffusion testing of Candida spp. performed by centers participating in the ARTEMIS program with disk diffusion and MIC results obtained by the central reference laboratory [35].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Voriconazole

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