y r a r b i L r e o When and where antifungal h D deescalation is possible and safe? t I u M a CJean-François Tim sit MD PhD y Medical and Infectious Diseases ICU S b Bichat Hospital E Inserm© UMR 1137 IAME Paris-Diderot University Paris FRANCE ESCMID Vienna April 2017 y r a Conflicts of interest r b i L • Research grants: Astellas, Pfizer, Gileadr, e o Merck h D t • Scientific Boards: Merck, 3M, Paratek, I u M thermoFisher, ICUREsearch, Bayer, a Gilead, PCharma y S b • Participation in symposia: Astellas, Gilead, E Merck, Pfizer © y r a Major rules of antifungal treatment r b i L • Start early r e o EARLY • With adequate druDgs h ADEQUATE t I u TREATMENT • Source control M a • Stop earlC y useless therap y y DEESCALATION S b • Deescalate if possible E © But in pr actice it is not so easy y r We are helpless and confused… a r b 1- New drugs are safe and very effective BUT i L 30day mortality of candidaemia increased with time1 r e o 60 ICU h D 50 t Hemopathy ) % 40 I u ( M Solid tumor y t 30 i a l a t r o 20 M C y 10 S b 0 2002 21003 22004 3 2005 4 2006 5 2007 6 2008 7 2009 8 2010 E Year © 2- Antifungal use increases the proportion of resistant strains in subsequent infections and modifies fungal distribution and MICs of fungi in ICUs2,3 1- Lortholary et al. Intens Care Med sept 2014; 2- Lortholary O et al AAC 2011; 55:532; 3- Bailly S et al- J Infect. 2016 Jan;72(1):103-11 y Antifungal pressure evidence r a r b i L r e o h D t I u M a C y S b E © y r a Treatment is started according to recommendations r b AMARCAND 2 study: Oct. 2012 to Oct. 2013 835 patients (87 ICUs) treated for proven or suspected candidiasis i L Exclusion: neutropenia/ transplant recipients r e o h D Documented infections empiric secondary (n=291) documentetd 34.8% I infections(un=112) M 13.5% 122 candidemia a 113 IAI * 19 candidemia 32 Other deep seated C 64 IAI* infections* 29 other deep seated infections y * S b E © Not documented infection Early treatment (n=432) 51.7% 28% of proven infections in survivors: Treatment 13% of candidemia prolonged for 12 ± 10 d (*) more thanone per patient (Med 10) 13.5% of AFT Leroy et al –Ann I ntens care 2016 Bailly et al – Intens care med 2015; 1931 y Physicians are reluctant to stop empiricalr therapy a because the diagnosis of IFI is difficult r b who need to be treated?? i L •Prolonged neutropenia with persistent fever r e o • Fever or sepsis in High Risk (>25%) of invasive candidiasis only in abdominal h surgery patients with anastomotic leDakage or necrotising pancreatitis 5 t •Cancer patients with new sepIsis of unknown origin u M a •Severe in ICU ventilated patients with sepsis 1, 2-4 C y S •Diagnostic tests: b -Blood cultures are specific but delayed E - uncontaminated tissue sa© mple not always performed - (1-3) BD glucan is sensitive but not specific with many false positive results and weak repeatability. - new PCR or m olecular biology are promising but not available in routine 1-Leon et al - Crit Care Med 2009; 37:1624 –1633; 2- Schuster MG, et al. Ann Intern Med 2008;149:83–90 3: Knitsch W et al - Clin Infect Dis 2015 Aug 13 4-Ostrosky-Zeichner et al - Clin Infect Dis 2014;58(9):1219–26 ; 5- Tissot F, et al. - Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2013;188:1100-1109.; 6- Clancy & Nguyen Clin Infect Dis 2013; y r First rule: In order to be confident with da eescalation r Perform all the diagnostic tests before therapy b i L • Perform blood cultures BEFORE treatment r e o – > 2, preferably 3 bottles (aerobes/anaerobes h D with resins, specific bottles) t I u – Low inoculuMm 10 ml of blood per bottle a • BiomarkerCs and molecular bi ology y S – No magic bullets butb may help to stop early E • Suspected infectio©us sites: – direct puncture/operative room • Colonization sites y Second rule: In order to be confident with deescalration a Perform all the exams to rule out alternate r diagnoses b i L r e • Other infectious sources o h D – Oriented by a good clinical examination t I u – CT scan / US examination… M a • Fever of non infectious causes C y • OtherS infectious agents b E – Bacteria+++ © – Viruses – Other fungi y r Third rule: In order to be confident with deesacalation Evaluate the risks of failure/relapsre b i L • Probably more important if r e o – The immune system is not efficient h D • Neutropenia t I u • Immunosuppressive agents and high dose CS M a • Organ transplant recipients C y • Other: usual dose of CS? / post shock immune S paralysis?? b E – The primary/secondary focus of infections have not © been properly evaluated • inapprop riate source control • Implantable devices or catheters are still in place
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