Invasive Fungal Infections in Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Undergoing Intensive Chemotherapy

Patients with hematological malignancies are severely immunocompromised and are at high risk of invasive fungal infection (IFI), particularly those undergoing remission-induction chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). IFIs are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in such patients. We planned to study the incidence of IFI in patients with AML undergoing intensive chemotherapy and receiving antifungal prophylaxis. We retrospectively...