The Value of Nasal and Oral Clinical Examination in Febrile Neutropenic Patients for Initiating Antifungal Therapy as a Preemptive Method

The Value of Nasal and Oral Clinical Examination in Febrile Neutropenic Patients for Initiating Antifungal Therapy as a Preemptive Method

BackgroundInvasive fungal infections (IFIs) are complications that lead to mortality and morbidity in hematologic malignancies. The time of starting antifungal therapy is vital. Preemptive antifungal therapy has appeared recently as a new policy for the management of IFIs based on noninvasive ways i...

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Main Authors: Mohammadreza Salehi, Sara Ghaderkhani, Ramezan Ali Sharifian, Seyed Ali Dehghan Manshadi, Elahe Samiee Fard, Sadegh Khodavaisy, Ramtin Pourahmad, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Kamran Rodini, Hasti Kamali Sarvestani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Medicine
Subjects:
invasive fungal infections
hematologic neoplasms
antifungal therapy
preemptive
empirical
neutropenia
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.803600/full

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