Invasive fungal infection
From IDWiki
Organisms
- Aspergillus species
- Mucormycosis
- Cryptococcus?
- Penicillium
- Others...
Epidemiology
- Among patients on posaconazole for a hematologic malignancy or bone marrow transplant, there is an approximately 2% rate of breakthrough infection 1
References
- ^ Oliver A. Cornely, Johan Maertens, Drew J. Winston, John Perfect, Andrew J. Ullmann, Thomas J. Walsh, David Helfgott, Jerzy Holowiecki, Dick Stockelberg, Yeow-Tee Goh, Mario Petrini, Cathy Hardalo, Ramachandran Suresh, David Angulo-Gonzalez. Posaconazole vs. Fluconazole or Itraconazole Prophylaxis in Patients with Neutropenia. New England Journal of Medicine. 2007;356(4):348-359. doi:10.1056/nejmoa061094.
