Mixed treatment comparison of prophylaxis against invasive fungal infections in neutropenic patients receiving therapy for haematological malignancies: a systematic review | Zendy

Petros Pechlivanoglou | Zendy; Hoa H. Le | Zendy; Simon Daenen | Zendy; John A. Snowden | Zendy; Maarten J. Postma | Zendy

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Mixed treatment comparison of prophylaxis against invasive fungal infections in neutropenic patients receiving therapy for haematological malignancies: a systematic review

Author(s) -

Petros Pechlivanoglou,

Hoa H. Le,

Simon Daenen,

John A. Snowden,

Maarten J. Postma

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkt329

Subject(s) - medicine , neutropenia , hematologic neoplasms , intensive care medicine , chemotherapy , cancer

Patients receiving therapy for haematological malignancies have a higher risk of invasive fungal infections (IFIs). Antifungal prophylaxis is an effective strategy against IFIs, but relative effectiveness estimates across agents are inconclusive. A mixed treatment comparison (MTC) was conducted to estimate the relative effectiveness of all agents for a number of outcomes of interest.

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