Abstract:Objective Hospital construction work, among other environmental factors, is a risk factor for invasive aspergillosis (IA).
MethodsWe retrospectively surveyed the incidence of IA in hematology-oncology patients before and during hospital construction and studied the effectiveness of prophylactic oral itraconazole (ITCZ) treatment.We compared the rates of galactomannan (GM)-positive cases and probable IA cases among 224 patients discharged before the start of construction work and among 67 patients hospitalized … Show more
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