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    Monzó-Gallo, Patricia; Lopera, Carlos; Badía-Tejero, Ana M; Machado, Marina; García-Rodríguez, Julio; Vidal-Cortés, Pablo; Merino, Esperanza; Calderón, Jorge; Fortún, Jesús; Palacios-Baena, Zaira R.; Pemán, Javier; Sanchis, Joan Roig; Aguilar-Guisado, Manuela; Gudiol, Carlota; Ramos, Juan C; Sánchez-Romero, Isabel; Martin-Davila, Pilar; López-Cortés, Luis E.; Salavert, Miguel; Ruiz-Camps, Isabel; Chumbita, Mariana; Aiello, Tommaso Francesco; Peyrony, Olivier; Puerta-Alcalde, Pedro; Soriano, Alex; Marco, Francesc; Garcia-Vidal, Carolina

    International journal of infectious diseases, July 2024, 2024-Jul, 2024-07-00, 20240701, 2024-07-01, Volume: 144
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    •Data regarding the use of isavuconazole in non-neutropenic IFI patients is scarce.•Our study positions isavuconazole as a safe treatment for these patients.•Isavuconazole could be used in patients with QT elongation.•Mortality and clinical response are comparable to other antifungals.•Isavuconazole could replace other triazoles as reference treatment. Information is scarce on clinical experiences with non-neutropenic patients with invasive fungal infection (IFI) receiving isavuconazole. We aimed to report the safety and effectiveness of this drug as a first-line treatment or rescue in real life. A retrospective, observational multicentric study of non-neutropenic patients who received isavuconazole as an IFI treatment at 12 different university hospitals (January 2018-2022). All patients met criteria for proven, probable or possible IFI according to EORTC-MSG. A total of 238 IFIs were treated with isavuconazole during the study period. Combination therapy was administered in 27.7% of cases. The primary IFI was aspergillosis (217, 91.2%). Other IFIs treated with isavuconazole were candidemia (n = 10), mucormycosis (n = 8), histoplasmosis (n = 2), cryptococcosis (n = 2), and others (n = 4). Median time of isavuconazole treatment was 29 days. Only 5.9% (n = 14) of cases developed toxicity, mainly hepatic-related (10 patients, 4.2%). Nine patients (3.8%) had treatment withdrawn. Successful clinical response at 12 weeks was documented in 50.5% of patients. Isavuconazole is an adequate treatment for non-neutropenic patients with IFIs. Toxicity rates were low and its effectiveness was comparable to other antifungal therapies previously reported. Display omitted