Vfend IV — CareFirst (Caremark)
candidemia in non-neutropenic patients
Initial criteria
- Patient is an adult or pediatric patient age ≥ 2 years
- Diagnosis must be one of the indicated fungal infections
- Specimens for fungal culture and other relevant laboratory studies (including histopathology) should be obtained prior to therapy to isolate and identify causative organism(s)
- Therapy may be initiated empirically before results are known, but therapy must be adjusted once results become available based on susceptibility