Invasive yeast infection in paediatric acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: A report from the multi‐international clinical trial <scp>AIEOP</scp> ‐ <scp>BFM ALL</scp> 2009
Prospective data of a large randomized multi-international leukaemia trial revealed an incidence of 1.1% of invasive yeast infections (IYIs) in children with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. IYIs occurred predominantly during induction chemotherapy, presented as bloodstream infection ± tissue involvement, were due to a variety of yeast and had an attributable mortality of 5.9%.
Authors
- Draga Barbaric
- Ester Zápotocká (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5430-1134)
- Nicole Bodmer
- Sarah Elitzur (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3495-7578)
- A Möricke
- Thomas Lehrnbecher
- Simone Cesaro
- Julia Alten
- Martin Zimmermann
- Martin Schrappe
- Andishe Attarbaschi
- Valentino Conter
- Jan Stary
- Andreas H Groll
Institutions
- Goethe University Frankfurt (DE)
- St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
- Charles University (CZ)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona (IT)
- University Hospital in Motol (CZ)
- University Hospital Münster (DE)
- Schneider Children's Medical Center (IL)
- Azienda Ospedaliera San Gerardo (IT)
- University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (DE)
- St Anna Children's Hospital (AT)
- Sydney Children's Hospital (AU)
- University Children's Hospital Zurich (CH)
- Czech Society for Ornithology (CZ)
- St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute
- University of Lübeck (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Haematology
- Published
- 2026-02-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bjh.70405
- Primary Topic
- Fungal Infections and Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00