Con: serum biomarker monitoring should not replace primary antifungal chemoprophylaxis in patients with acute leukaemia receiving systemic anti-cancer therapy

HIGHLIGHTS

• who: Alex Howard from the Liverpool University Liverpool, Liverpool, BX, UK have published the research: CON: Serum biomarker monitoring should not replace primary antifungal chemoprophylaxis in patients with acute leukaemia receiving systemic anti-cancer therapy, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)

SUMMARY

Individuals undergoing systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) for acute leukaemia (AL) are at high risk of developing invasive fungal disease (IFD), a group of infections associated with sig­ nificant morbidity and mortality. Increased up­ take of the serum fungal biomarkers galactomannan (GM) and 1,3-β-D-glucan (BDG) in the diagnosis of IFD . . .

 



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