title: Role of azoles in antifungal therapy.
abstract: The addition of itraconazole and fluconazole to the antifungal armamentarium has resulted in less toxic, easily administered therapy for both endemic and opportunistic mycoses. Itraconazole has become the treatment of choice for most patients with mild-to-moderate histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and sporotrichosis. Coccidioidomycosis is effectively treated with either itraconazole or fluconazole; fluconazole has become the drug of choice for the treatment of coccidioidal meningitis. In several large cooperative trials, fluconazole has been shown to have a useful role in the treatment of patients with candidemia, localized forms of mucocutaneous and visceral candidiasis, and cryptococcal meningitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Kauffman
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D015725:Fluconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D015725:Fluconazole