Use of antifungal therapy in hospitalized patients. II. Results after the marketing of fluconazole.

Objective: To evaluate the prescribing patterns of antifungal agents in the hospital setting after the introduction of fluconazole, a new broad-spectrum bis-triazole antifungal agent. Also compared are the prescribing patterns of antifungal agents prior to (phase I) and following (phase II) fluconazole marketing.

Design: A prospective cohort of hospitalized patients prescribed topical or systemic antifungal agents.