Primary prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections in patients with haematological malignancies: 2017 update of the recommendations of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society for Haematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO)

Annals of Hematology - Tập 97 Số 2 - Trang 197-207 - 2018
Sibylle C. Mellinghoff1, Jens Panse2, Nael Alakel3, Gerhard Behre4, Dieter Buchheidt5, Maximilian Christopeit6, Justin Hasenkamp7, Michael Kiehl8, Michael Koldehoff9, Stefan W. Krause10, Nicola Lehners11, Marie von Lilienfeld‐Toal12, Annika Löhnert13, Georg Maschmeyer14, Daniel Teschner15, Andrew J. Ullmann16, Olaf Penack17, Markus Ruhnke18, Karin Mayer19, Helmut Ostermann20, Wolf Hh21, Oliver A. Cornely22
1Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
2Department of Oncology, Haematology, Haemostaseology and Stem Cell Transplantation, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
3Department I of Internal Medicine, Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
4Division of Haematology and Oncology, Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany
5Department of Internal Medicine–Haematology and Oncology, Mannheim University Hospital, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany
6Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
7Clinic for Haematology and Medical Oncology with Department for Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medicine Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
8Department I for Internal Medicine, Klinikum Frankfurt (Oder), Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
9Department of Bone Marrow Transplantation, West German Cancer Centre, University Hospital of Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
10Department V for Internal Medicine, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
11Department of Internal Medicine V, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
12Department of Haematology and Oncology, University Hospital of Jena, Jena, Germany
13Department I of Internal Medicine, German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF), University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
14Department of Haematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann, Potsdam, Germany
15Department of Haematology, Medical Oncology, and Pneumology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
16Department II of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany
17Department for Haematology, Oncology and Tumour immunology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
18Department of Haematology and Oncology, Paracelsus-Kliniken Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
19Department III of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
20Department of Haematology and Oncology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
21Department IV of Internal Medicine, University Hospital Halle, Halle, Germany
22Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

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