title: [Efficacy and Safety of Low-dose Amphotericin B in Different Antifungal Strategies for Treatment of Invasive Fungal Disease in Patients with Hematological Malignancies].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the efficacy and safety of low-dose amphotericin B (AmB) in different antifungal strategies for treatment of invasive fungal disease(IFD) in patients with hematologic malignancies. Metheds: The clinical dada of the patients were collected and analyzed retrospectively and the levels of creatinine (Cr), urea nitrogen (BUN) and potassium (K+) before and after using low-dose AmB were compared and statistically analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among 97 cases, 2 cases were diagnosed as invasive fungal disease (IFD), 11 cases were diagnosed as clinical probable IFD, 15 cases were diagnosed as possible IFD, 69 cases were undefined IFD. The response rate of all patients treated with low-dose AmB was 69.4%, the response rate for targed therapy was 72.7%, the response rate for diagnosis-driven therapy was 63.6%, the response rate of empirical therapy was 75%, the efficacy of the combination with other antibiotics was 50%, 66.7% and 75%. According to all the patients received AmB, only 7 cases was detected with higher level of Cr (7.2) than normal and this level come back to normal with in 7 days after drug withdrew. Although the Cr level in serum after 1 day of drug withdrew was higher than that before administration of drug(64.86±3.00 vs 58.76±1.67 µmol/L) and was with statistical difference(P<0.05), but did not show significant difference in comparison with the level after drug withdrew 7 days (58.43±1.68 µmol/L,P>0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  AmB injection is an effective and safe method in empirical therapy and diagnosis-driven antifungal therapy for neutropenic, febrile patients with hematological malignancies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Bejing 100853.
authors.forename: Lan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Bejing 100853.
authors.forename: Xiang-Shu
authors.initials: XS
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Bejing 100853.
authors.forename: Jing-He
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Bejing 100853.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Bejing 100853.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Bejing 100853.
authors.forename: Hong-Hao
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Bejing 100853. E-mail:jingyu301@126.com.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jing
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003404:Creatinine; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D009181:Mycoses / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B; D003404:Creatinine