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Patterns and Drivers of Antifungal Prescribing in Acute Leukemia: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

Hamish HoustonPeter F Dutey-MagniMatthew SteelSelina PatelWai Keong WongLaura J ShallcrossAndrew James WilsonNeil Stone
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2024)
Antifungal stewardship remains challenging in the absence of reliable diagnostics, particularly in more unwell patients. The proportion of antifungal therapy given for proven/probable infection is a new metric that will likely be useful to target antifungal stewardship programs. The thoracic HRCT report is an important contributor to diagnostic uncertainty.
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