Early Stepdown From Echinocandin to Fluconazole Treatment in Candidemia: A Post Hoc Analysis of Three Cohort Studies.
E Moreno-GarcíaPedro Puerta-AlcaldeG GariupM Fernández-RuizL E López CortésG CuervoM SalavertP MerinoM MachadoJ GuineaJ García-RodríguezJ Garnacho-MonteroC CardozoJ PemanM MontejoJ FortúnB AlmiranteC CastroJesús Rodríguez-BañoJ M AguadoJ A MartínezJ CarratalàAlex SorianoCarolina García-VidalPublished in: Open forum infectious diseases (2021)
Early de-escalation is a safe strategy in patients with candidemia caused by fluconazole-susceptible strains with controlled source of bloodstream infection and hemodynamic stability. These results are important to apply antifungal stewardship strategies.