Current evidence of antifungal prophylaxis and therapy in pediatric patients

Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are an important complication in pediatric haematological and oncological patients who undergo intensive chemotherapy for leukemia, solid tumour at advanced stage or relapsed, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The incidence of IFI is lower than bacterial i...

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Autores principales: Giacchino, Mareva, Milano, Giuseppe Maria, Carraro, Francesca, Bezzio, Stefania, Pegoraro, Anna, Aversa, Franco, Cesaro, Simone
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Publicado: PAGEPress Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21647279
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2011.e6
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author Giacchino, Mareva
Milano, Giuseppe Maria
Carraro, Francesca
Bezzio, Stefania
Pegoraro, Anna
Aversa, Franco
Cesaro, Simone
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description Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are an important complication in pediatric haematological and oncological patients who undergo intensive chemotherapy for leukemia, solid tumour at advanced stage or relapsed, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The incidence of IFI is lower than bacterial infection but mortality rate remains high. This review is designed to help paediatric oncologists in choosing the appropriate anti-fungal strategy and agents for prophylaxis, empirical, pre-emptive and specific therapy on the basis of published evidence.
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spelling pubmed-31031322011-06-06 Current evidence of antifungal prophylaxis and therapy in pediatric patients Giacchino, Mareva Milano, Giuseppe Maria Carraro, Francesca Bezzio, Stefania Pegoraro, Anna Aversa, Franco Cesaro, Simone Pediatr Rep Article Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are an important complication in pediatric haematological and oncological patients who undergo intensive chemotherapy for leukemia, solid tumour at advanced stage or relapsed, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. The incidence of IFI is lower than bacterial infection but mortality rate remains high. This review is designed to help paediatric oncologists in choosing the appropriate anti-fungal strategy and agents for prophylaxis, empirical, pre-emptive and specific therapy on the basis of published evidence. PAGEPress Publications 2011-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC3103132/ /pubmed/21647279 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2011.e6 Text en ©Copyright M. Giacchino et al., 2011 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (by-nc 3.0). Licensee PAGEPress, Italy
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Current evidence of antifungal prophylaxis and therapy in pediatric patients
title Current evidence of antifungal prophylaxis and therapy in pediatric patients
title_full Current evidence of antifungal prophylaxis and therapy in pediatric patients
title_fullStr Current evidence of antifungal prophylaxis and therapy in pediatric patients
title_full_unstemmed Current evidence of antifungal prophylaxis and therapy in pediatric patients
title_short Current evidence of antifungal prophylaxis and therapy in pediatric patients
title_sort current evidence of antifungal prophylaxis and therapy in pediatric patients
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3103132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21647279
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/pr.2011.e6
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