Outcome predictors of 84 patients with hematologic malignancies and <i>Fusarium</i> infection

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Authors

Márcio Nucci · Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Elias Anaissie · University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Flávio Queiroz‐Telles · Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná

C. A. S. Martins · Instituto Nacional do Câncer

Plı́nio Trabasso · Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Cristiana Solza · Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Cláudia Mangini

Abstract

Measures to reduce the duration of neutropenia, as well as the judicious use of corticosteroids, may reduce the high mortality rate of fusariosis in patients with hematologic cancer.

Topics & Keywords

Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Fungal Infections and Studies Neutropenia and Cancer Infections

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Cancer

Volume 98, Issue 2, pp. 315-319

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11510

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