Table 3.

Incidence of fungal infections in patients with hematologic cancer after the introduction of triazole prophylaxis.

AspergillusCandida
DiseaseIncidenceAfter TriazolesBefore Triazoles
Abbreviations: AlloBMT, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; Auto, autologous; PBSCT, peripheral blood stem cell transplant. 
Modified with permission from
Thomson Current Drugs and Tahsine Mahfouz and Elias Anaissie, Prevention of fungal infections in the immunocompromised host.
Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs.
2003
;
4
(8):
974
–990.
12 
 
AlloBMT, PBSCT 15–25% 10–20% < 5% 15–25% 
Acute myelogenous leukemia 10–15% 10% < 5% 15–20% 
Acute lymphocytic leukemia 5–10% ~ 5% < 5% 10% 
Auto-BMT, PBSCT 2–6% ≤ 2% < 5% 10% 
AspergillusCandida
DiseaseIncidenceAfter TriazolesBefore Triazoles
Abbreviations: AlloBMT, allogeneic bone marrow transplantation; Auto, autologous; PBSCT, peripheral blood stem cell transplant. 
Modified with permission from
Thomson Current Drugs and Tahsine Mahfouz and Elias Anaissie, Prevention of fungal infections in the immunocompromised host.
Current Opinion in Investigational Drugs.
2003
;
4
(8):
974
–990.
12 
 
AlloBMT, PBSCT 15–25% 10–20% < 5% 15–25% 
Acute myelogenous leukemia 10–15% 10% < 5% 15–20% 
Acute lymphocytic leukemia 5–10% ~ 5% < 5% 10% 
Auto-BMT, PBSCT 2–6% ≤ 2% < 5% 10% 
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