Johns Hopkins HIV Guide
Itraconazole
INDICATIONS
FDA
FDA
- Following fungal infections in immunocompromised and non-immunocompromised patients:
- Aspergillosis: treatment-intolerant of or refractory to amphotericin B therapy
- Pulmonary and extrapulmonary blastomycosis
- Histoplasmosis, including chronic cavitary pulmonary disease and disseminated non-meningeal histoplasmosis
- Onychomycosis in non-immunocompromised patients (oral capsule):
- Onychomycosis of the toenail, with or without fingernail involvement, due to dermatophytes (tinea unguium)
- Onychomycosis of the fingernail due to dermatophytes (tinea unguium).
- Oropharyngeal and esophageal candidiasis (oral liquid)
- Neutropenic fever in patients with suspected fungal infection (oral liquid).
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
NON-FDA APPROVED USES
- Coccidioidomycosis
- Cryptococcosis (fluconazole preferred)
- Penicilliosis
- Sporotrichosis
- Candida vaginitis
- Fluconazole-resistant esophageal candidiasis
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Last updated: September 3, 2021
Citation
Avdic, Edina. "Itraconazole." Johns Hopkins HIV Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2021. Johns Hopkins Guides, www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545112/all/Itraconazole.
Avdic E. Itraconazole. Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2021. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545112/all/Itraconazole. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Avdic, E. (2021). Itraconazole. In Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545112/all/Itraconazole
Avdic E. Itraconazole [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins HIV Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2021. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://www.hopkinsguides.com/hopkins/view/Johns_Hopkins_HIV_Guide/545112/all/Itraconazole.
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