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Chinese Journal of Mycology 2017, Vol. 12  Issue (6): 352-355.

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The cinlical effency of caspofungin and voriconazole on fungal infections in severe burn patients

YIN Xi-Yang   

  1. Department of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Neijiang First People's Hospital, Neijiang 641100, China
  • Received:2017-08-08 Online:2017-12-28 Published:2017-12-28

Abstract:

Objective To explore the clinical effency of caspofungin and voriconazole on patients with severe burn complicated with fungal infections.Methods The clinical data of 62 patients with severe burn complicated with fungal infectionsin our hospital from June,2012 to June,2016 were collected.They were randomly divided into two groups according random number table.30 subjects who were treated with caspofungin were assigned to the control group,while 32 subjects in the observation group were treated with voriconazole.The clinical characteristics of the 62 patients were analyzed,and the clinical effects and the drug safety of the two groups were compared.Results The clinical symptoms included fever,pulmonary rales,sore throat,cough and expectoration,mental disorders,lung shadow and rale.The main infection sites were wound infection.And Candida albicans and Candida tropical were the main strains of fungi,which accounted for 55.93%and 20.33%,respectively.The total effective rates of the observation group and the control group were respectively 84.38% and 86.67%,and the difference between the two groups had no statistical significance (P>0.05).In addition,the incidence rates of the adverse reaction of the two groups were low.Conclusion Caspofungin and voriconazole had good clinical effect with less adverse reactions in the treatment of fungal infection secondary to severe burn.

Key words: severe burns, fungal infection, caspofungin, voriconazole

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