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  • Title: Oropharyngeal candidiasis in patients with AIDS: randomized comparison of fluconazole versus nystatin oral suspensions.
    Author: Pons V, Greenspan D, Lozada-Nur F, McPhail L, Gallant JE, Tunkel A, Johnson CC, McCarty J, Panzer H, Levenstein M, Barranco A, Green S.
    Journal: Clin Infect Dis; 1997 Jun; 24(6):1204-7. PubMed ID: 9195083.
    Abstract:
    A total of 167 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with oropharyngeal candidiasis were randomly assigned to receive 14 days of therapy with liquid suspension fluconazole (100 mg once daily) or liquid nystatin (500,000 U four times daily). At day 14, 87% of the fluconazole-treated patients were clinically cured, as opposed to 52% in the nystatin-treated group (P < .001). Fluconazole eradicated Candida organisms from the oral flora in 60%, vs. a 6% eradication rate with nystatin (P < .001). The fluconazole group had fewer relapses noted on day 28 (18%, vs. 44% in the nystatin group; P < .001). This relapse difference no longer existed by day 42. Fluconazole oral suspension as a systemic therapy was more effective than liquid nystatin as a topical therapy in the treatment of oral candidiasis in HIV-infected patients and provided a longer disease-free interval before relapse.
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