Johns Hopkins HIV Guide
Fluconazole
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Candidiasis prophylaxis (patients undergoing bone marrow transplant who receive cytotoxic chemotherapy and/or radiation therapy)
- Oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis
- Vulvovaginal candidiasis
- Cryptococcal meningitis (treatment and suppression) in AIDS patients
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Blastomycosis
- Candida infections
- Disseminated candidiasis and candidemia (including peritonitis)
- Endophthalmitis
- Osteoarticular infection and septic arthritis
- UTIs
- Endovascular - step-down therapy
- CNS candidiasis - step-down therapy
- Neonatal candidiasis
- Prophylaxis: critically ill patients s/p GI surgery, candidal infection prevention
- Cryptococcal infections: meningitis (non-HIV) and pulmonary infections (HIV, non-HIV)
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Histoplasmosis a
- As an alternative therapy for mild to moderate diseases in patients intolerant to itraconazole.
- Pityriasis versicolor
- Tinea infections
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Last updated: April 12, 2025
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Dzintars, Kathryn Dzintars, and Edina Avdic. "Fluconazole." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2025. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545073/all/Fluconazole.
Dzintars K, Avdic E. Fluconazole. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545073/all/Fluconazole. Accessed November 3, 2025.
Dzintars, K., & Avdic, E. (2025). Fluconazole. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545073/all/Fluconazole
Dzintars K, Avdic E. Fluconazole [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. [cited 2025 November 03]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545073/all/Fluconazole.
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