A student nurse is caring for a patient who is to receive caspofungin (Cancidas). The medication is used most commonly in a patient with which of the following?
a. Onychomycosis
b. Recalcitrant vaginal candidal infection
c. Invasive aspergillosis that is unresponsive to amphotericin B
d. Allergy to voriconazole
C
Caspofungin is ordered for a patient with invasive aspergillosis that is unresponsive to amphote-ricin B.
Caspofungin is not indicated for patients with onychomycosis or vaginal candidal infections.
Caspofungin is not indicated for patients an allergy to voriconazole.
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