Active Ingredient: Micafungin
Treatment of invasive candidiasis.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Intravenous
2 - 2 mg per kg of body weight
From 2 To 2 mg per kg of body weight once every day
Use in children ≥4 months of age up to adolescents <16 years of age:
| Indication | Body weight >40 kg | Body weight ≤40 kg |
|---|---|---|
| Treatment of invasive candidiasis | 100 mg/day* | 2 mg/kg/day* |
* If the patient’s response is inadequate, e.g. persistence of cultures or if clinical condition does not improve, the dose may be increased to 200 mg/day in patients weighing >40 kg or 4 mg/kg/day in patients weighing ≤40 kg.
Invasive candidiasis: The treatment duration of Candida infection should be a minimum of 14 days. The antifungal treatment should continue for at least one week after two sequential negative blood cultures have been obtained and after resolution of clinical signs and symptoms of infection.
After reconstitution and dilution, the solution should be administered by intravenous infusion over approximately 1 hour.
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