Antifungal prophylaxis in liver transplant patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Liver Transplantation : Official Publication of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases and the International Liver Transplantation Society
Mario CrucianiPaolo Grossi

Abstract

We performed a meta-analysis to determine whether antifungal prophylaxis decreases infectious morbidity and mortality in liver transplant patients. We searched for randomized trials dealing with prophylaxis with systemic antifungal agents. We used a fixed effect model, with risk ratio (RR) and 95% confidence interval (CI); we assessed study quality for heterogeneity and publication bias. Six studies (5 double-blind), for a total of 698 patients, compared fluconazole, itraconazole, or liposomal amphotericin to placebo (5 studies) or oral nystatin. Prophylaxis reduced colonization (RR, 0.45; CI, 0.37-0.55), total proven fungal infections (RR, 0.31; CI, 0.21-0.46), which included both superficial (RR, 0.27; CI, 0.16-0.45) and invasive (RR, 0.33; CI, 0.18-0.59) infections, and mortality attributable to fungal infection (RR, 0.30; CI, 0.12-0.75). Prophylaxis did not affect overall mortality (RR, 1.06; CI, 0.69-1.64) or empiric treatment for suspected fungal infection (RR, 0.80; CI, 0.39-1.67). The beneficial effect of antifungal prophylaxis was predominantly associated with the reduction of Candida albicans infection and mortality attributable to C. albicans. Compared to controls, however, patients receiving prophylaxis experienced ...Continue Reading

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