Micafungin for the treatment of proven and suspected invasive candidiasis in children and adults: findings from a multicenter prospective observational study

Table 2 Micafungin for the treatment of IC in daily clinical practice

IC, invasive candidiasis.
Intra-abdominal infection was defined as Candida spp. isolation from peritoneal fluid with clinical signs of invasive infection, according to investigator’s clinical judgment.
*Proven IC.
Neonates (n = 7): C. parapsilosis (n = 4), C. albicans (n = 2), C. famata (n = 1).
Children (n = 6): C. albicans (n = 4), C. parapsilosis (n = 1), C. glabrata (n = 1).
Adults (n = 45): C. albicans (n = 28), C. parapsilosis (n = 3), C. glabrata (n = 6), C. tropicalis (n = 2), C. albicans + C. glabrata (n = 1), C. guilliermondii (n = 1), C. krusei (n = 1), C.krusei + C. lusitanie (n = 1), C. sake (n = 1), C. kefir (n = 1).
^†According to mannan antigen and/or (1,3)-β-D-Glucan, which resulted positive in 1/2 and 9/13 tested patients, respectively.

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