How we treat invasive fungal diseases in patients with acute leukemia: The importance of an individualized approach

Blood

Volumn 124, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 3858-3869

  Nucci, Marcio ^a   Anaissie, Elias ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B DEOXYCHOLATE; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ANIDULAFUNGIN; ANTILEUKEMIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; IFOSFAMIDE; PHENYTOIN; POSACONAZOLE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RETINOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TRIAZOLE DERIVATIVE; VINCRISTINE; VORICONAZOLE; WATER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG INTERACTION; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUSARIOSIS; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; GRANULOCYTE TRANSFUSION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INTERMEDIATE RISK POPULATION; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; INVASIVE CANDIDIASIS; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKEMIA REMISSION; LOW RISK POPULATION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEUTROPENIA; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROPHYLAXIS; PSEUDALLESCHERIASIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYSTEMIC MYCOSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; COMPLICATION; GEOGRAPHY; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; REMISSION; SEASON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; REMISSION INDUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84919481305     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2014-04-516211     Document Type: Review

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