Information on how to access prescribing information and adverse event reporting can be found at the bottom of the page.
Who is the CRESEMBA® patient?
CRESEMBA may be an appropriate treatment option for a range of different patients. These could include patients in need of oral therapy, those at risk of particular drug-drug interactions associated with other azoles or those with renal impairment.
Patient case studies illustrating use of CRESEMBA (isavuconazole) in a clinical setting
Lisa Nwankwo - Specialist Pharmacist, Antimicrobials
Patient case study illustrating use of isavuconazole in a clinical setting: A case of pulmonary mucormycosis
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Lisa Nwankwo - Specialist Pharmacist, Antimicrobials
Patient case study illustrating use of isavuconazole in a clinical setting: Invasive aspergillosis in cystic fibrosis
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Lisa Nwankwo - Specialist Pharmacist, Antimicrobials
Patient case study illustrating use of isavuconazole in a clinical setting: A complex ITU patient
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Amit Patel - Consultant in Leukaemia, stem cell transplantation, cellular therapy and intensive care medicine
Clinical experience with CRESEMBA (isavuconazole): 50-year-old female pre-allogenic stem cell transplantation with suspected invasive aspergillosis
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Amit Patel - Consultant in Leukaemia, stem cell transplantation, cellular therapy and intensive care medicine
Clinical experience with CRESEMBA (isavuconazole): 56-year-old female pre-allogenic stem cell transplantation with suspected invasive aspergillosis
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Amit Patel - Consultant in Leukaemia, stem cell transplantation, cellular therapy and intensive care medicine
Clinical experience with CRESEMBA (isavuconazole): 66-year-old pre-allogenic stem cell transplantation with suspected invasive aspergillosis
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Nelun Perera, Consultant Microbiologist
Sharing clinical experience of CRESEMBA (isavuconazole) in the UK
Footnotes
AML acute myeloid leukaemia, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, CLL chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
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Invasive Aspergillosis
An overview of the SECURE trial for CRESEMBA (isavuconazole).
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Mucormycosis
An overview of the VITAL trial for CRESEMBA (isavuconazole).
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Prescribing Information
Cresemba (isavuconazole)
Great Britain
Cresemba (isavuconazole) 100mg hard capsules
Cresemba (isavuconazole) 200mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion
Northern Ireland
Cresemba (Isavuconazole) 100mg hard capsules and Cresemba (Isavuconazole) 200mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion
Vfend (voriconazole)
Great Britain
Vfend (voriconazole) 50mg film coated tablets
Vfend (voriconazole) 200mg film coated tablets
Vfend (voriconazole) 200mg powder for solution for infusion
Vfend (voriconazole) 40mg/ml powder for oral suspension
Northern Ireland
Vfend (voriconazole): 50mg film coated tablets, 200mg film coated tablets, 200mg powder for solution for infusion & 40mg/ml powder for oral suspension
Meronem (meropenem trihydrate)IV 1g
Meronem (meropenem trihydrate) IV 500mg
Tazocin (piperacillin sodium, tazobactam sodium) 2g/0.25g powder for solution for infusion
Tazocin (piperacillin sodium, tazobactam sodium)- 4g/0.5g powder for solution for infusion
Tygacil® (tigecycline) 50 mg powder for solution for infusion
Diflucan (fluconazole) - 10mg/ml powder for oral suspension
Diflucan (fluconazole) - 150mg capsules
Diflucan (fluconazole) - 200mg hard capsules
Diflucan (fluconazole) - 40mg/ml powder for oral suspension
Diflucan (fluconazole) - 50mg hard capsules
Ecalta (anidulafungin) - 100mg powder for concentrate for solution for infusion
Cytarabine 20 mg/mL solution for infusion or injection
Cytarabine 100 mg/mL solution for infusion or injection
Cytarabine injection solution 20 mg/mL
Cytarabine injection solution 100 mg/mL solution
Ciprofloxacin (ciprofloxacin lactate) 2 mg/ml solution for infusion - SPC
Legal Category: POM Basic NHS Price: 10 bags £200.00
Amikacin (amikacin sulfate) 500mg/2ml solution for injection - SPC
Legal Category: POM Basic NHS Price: 5 vial pack £60.00
Aciclovir (aciclovir sodium) 250 mg/ 10 ml solution for infusion – SPC
Legal Category: POM. Basic NHS Cost: 5 vials £50.00
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