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Caspofungin is an antifungal drug, the first of a new class termed the echinocandins. It shows activity against infections with Aspergillus and Candida, and works by inhibiting cell wall synthesis. It is administered intravenously.
Indications
Currently caspofungin acetate has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of invasive aspergillosis in patients whose disease is refractory to, or who are intolerant of, other first-line antifungal agents (i.e. conventional or liposomal amphotericin B preparations and flucytosine or itraconazole). Caspofungin acetate itself has so far not been studied as first-line therapy for aspergillosis or other mycotic diseases.
Empirical therapy of presumed fungal infections in febrile, neutropenic patients has become an additional indication in 2006.
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