Voriconazole

LA Jeu, FJ Piacenti, AG Lyakhovetskiy, HB Fung - Clinical therapeutics, 2003 - Elsevier
Background: Reports of resistance and intolerance to currently available antifungal agents
are increasing. Voriconazole is a broad-spectrum azole antifungal agent structurally derived …

Voriconazole: therapeutic review of a new azole antifungal

R Herbrecht - Expert review of anti-infective therapy, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The new triazole antifungal, voriconazole (Vfend®, Pfizer Ltd), was developed for the
treatment of life-threatening fungal infections in immunocompromised patients. The drug …

Voriconazole: a new triazole antifungal

JA Sabo, SM Abdel-Rahman - Annals of Pharmacotherapy, 2000 - journals.sagepub.com
OBJECTIVE: To review the currently available information on the pharmacology,
pharmacokinetics, efficacy, adverse effects, drug interactions, and dosage guidelines of …

Voriconazole: a review of its use in the management of invasive fungal infections

LJ Scott, D Simpson - Drugs, 2007 - Springer
Voriconazole (VFEND®), a synthetic second-generation, broad-spectrum triazole derivative
of fluconazole, inhibits the cytochrome P450 (CYP)-dependent enzyme 14-α-sterol …

Voriconazole—a new therapeutic agent with an extended spectrum of antifungal activity

JP Donnelly, BE De Pauw - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Voriconazole is a new antifungal agent that can be given orally and intravenously. It has
proven efficacy for treating candidosis and invasive aspergillosis as well as other mould …

Voriconazole: a new triazole antifungal agent

MM Pearson, PD Rogers, JD Cleary… - Annals of …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
OBJECTIVE: To review the pharmacology, in vitro susceptibility, pharmacokinetics, clinical
efficacy, and adverse effects of voriconazole, a triazole antifungal agent. DATA SOURCES …

Review of the safety and efficacy of voriconazole

RC Rathbun, HL Hoffman - Expert opinion on investigational drugs, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
Voriconazole is a new triazole antifungal agent structurally related to fluconazole, but with
improved potency and spectrum of activity. Voriconazole has good in vitro activity against …

Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic profile of voriconazole

U Theuretzbacher, F Ihle, H Derendorf - Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2006 - Springer
Voriconazole is the first available second-generation triazole with potent activity against a
broad spectrum of clinically significant fungal pathogens, including Aspergillus, Candida …

Voriconazole: a new triazole antifungal agent

LD Saravolatz, LB Johnson… - Clinical infectious …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The 1990s witnessed an expansion of the antifungal armamentarium to include 2 new azole
agents, fluconazole and itraconazole. These agents changed our approach to treating many …

Voriconazole treatment for less-common, emerging, or refractory fungal infections

JR Perfect, KA Marr, TJ Walsh… - Clinical Infectious …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Treatments for invasive fungal infections remain unsatisfactory. We evaluated the efficacy,
tolerability, and safety of voriconazole as salvage treatment for 273 patients with refractory …