Once-weekly liposomal amphotericin B for prophylaxis of invasive fungal infection after graft-versus-host disease in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a comparative retrospective single-center study

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The liposomal formulation of amphotericin B (LAmB) has been shown to cause few and mild infusion-related reactions, while achieving high plasma and tissue concentrations compared with conventional amphotericin B. We investigated the efficacy and safety of high-dose LAmB (7...

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Main Authors: Jean El Cheikh, Luca Castagna, Ling Wang, Benjamin Esterni, Catherine Faucher, Sabine Furst, Segolene Duran, Pierre Berger, Stephane Ranque, Mohamad Mohty, Didier Blaise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-10-01
Series:Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Therapy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1658387610500050