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Fungal sepsis: Which Medications Cause It? (489 Reports Across 80 Drugs)

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Fungal sepsis has been reported as an adverse event with 80 different drugs in the FDA's FAERS database, with 489 total reports. 293 of these reports resulted in death.The drugs most commonly associated with Fungal sepsis are DEXAMETHASONE, TACROLIMUS, and METHOTREXATE.

489
Total Reports
80
Drugs Involved
293
Deaths
236
Hospitalizations
50.0 yrs
Average Patient Age
52.8% / 47.2%
Female / Male

Which Drugs Cause Fungal sepsis Most Often?

Drug Reports % of Drug Reports Deaths Hosp. Life-Threat.
DEXAMETHASONE 57 0.1% 52 14 21
TACROLIMUS 55 0.1% 46 23 10
METHOTREXATE 51 0.0% 29 22 13
MYCOPHENOLATE MOFETIL 42 0.1% 35 11 3
CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE 40 0.0% 30 12 12
VANCOMYCIN 38 0.1% 18 16 9
CYTARABINE 36 0.1% 22 25 11
FLUDARABINE 34 0.1% 29 9 13
VINCRISTINE 33 0.1% 28 8 2
ETOPOSIDE 32 0.1% 26 11 11
METHYLPREDNISOLONE 32 0.1% 27 8 7
MEROPENEM 31 0.2% 22 15 6
PREDNISOLONE 30 0.0% 21 10 4
PREDNISONE 29 0.0% 12 19 9
RITUXIMAB 27 0.0% 13 10 6
DOXORUBICIN 26 0.0% 25 2 1
ADALIMUMAB 21 0.0% 1 13 6
FLUCONAZOLE 21 0.1% 16 4 1
CEFTAZIDIME 20 0.6% 8 0 0
CASPOFUNGIN 18 0.5% 17 7 0

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Top 3 Drugs Associated With Fungal sepsis

57 reports
55 reports
51 reports

Related Side Effects

Drug ineffective (1,049,718) Off label use (762,782) Death (660,423) Fatigue (599,248) Nausea (562,301) Diarrhoea (491,550) Pain (471,975) Headache (460,069) Dyspnoea (409,496) Dizziness (352,922)