Can we prevent (or reduce the complications of) IFI by early interventions?
Antifungal prophylaxis
Based on the patient risk factors in the absence of infection
Empirical antifungal therapy
Patients with risk factors and signs of infection of unclear aetiology and the possibility of fungal origin
Pre-emptive antifungal therapy
Patients with risk factors + additional evidence for the presence of a fungal pathogen in a way predisposing for infection (e.g. additional diagnostic means/colonization