Current evidence of antifungal prophylaxis and therapy in pediatric patients

• Main Authors: Mareva Giacchino (Author), Giuseppe Maria Milano (Author), Francesca Carraro (Author), Stefania Bezzio (Author), Anna Pegoraro (Author), Franco Aversa (Author), Simone Cesaro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2011-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are frequent in pediatric patients with haematological malignancies during induction therapy and relapse and with advanced stage or relapsing solid tumours. Although the incidence of IFI is low mortality rates are high. This review is designed to help orientate paedi...