Efficacy of caspofungin addition to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole treatment for severe pneumocystis pneumonia in solid organ transplant recipients.

Abstract:

BACKGROUND:Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia may be a life-threatening opportunistic infection in immunosuppressed solid organ transplant recipients. Despite effective treatment with high-dose trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and steroids, morbidity is often severe and lethality remains high. New therapeutic approaches are therefore warranted. Caspofungin, a beta-1,3-glucan synthesis inhibitor, has shown activity against the cyst forms of P. jiroveci in experimental animal models. We here report our preliminary clinical experience with caspofungin as an additional drug to the standard trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole regimen. METHODS:Four solid organ transplant patients with severe hypoxemic P. jiroveci pneumonia were treated with the combination of trimethoprim-sulfametoxazole and caspofungin. In two cases, caspofungin was added as salvage treatment due to failure of trimethoprim-sulfametoxazole monotherapy. RESULTS:In these four patients, the use of caspofungin as an additional drug to the standard trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole regimen led to a rapid improvement and a complete cure of pneumonia. No side effects or drug interactions were observed. DISCUSSION:This preliminary clinical experience suggests that the addition of caspofungin to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole, which is active against trophic forms, may provide a synergistic activity against P. jiroveci by fully inhibiting the organism life cycle.

journal_name

Transplantation

journal_title

Transplantation

authors

Utili R,Durante-Mangoni E,Basilico C,Mattei A,Ragone E,Grossi P

doi

10.1097/01.tp.0000280546.91617.6c

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2007-09-27 00:00:00

pages

685-8

issue

6

eissn

0041-1337

issn

1534-6080

pii

00007890-200709270-00005

journal_volume

84

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