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Boosting of Voriconazole Levels With Omeprazole, A CYP450 2C19 Inhibitor.
The Pediatric infectious disease journal - 1 Jun 2023
Hsu Alice J, Lee Carlton K K, McAteer John, Zhang Sean X, Tamma Pranita D
Abstract excerpt
Children metabolize voriconazole faster than adults and require higher weight-based doses and more frequent administration to achieve therapeutic troughs. We report a case of a 4-year-old girl with disseminated fusariosis with persistently undetectable voriconazole troughs. Omeprazole was added as a CYP2C19-inhibitor to increase voriconazole concentrations. This case highlights the role of omeprazole for...
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