FACTORS RELATED TO THE INCREASINGINCIDENCE OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS

MOULDS

YEASTS AND MOULDS

YEASTS

MOULDS AND YEASTS

MOULDS

MOULDS AND YEASTS

YEASTS

MOULDS AND YEASTS

MORE PATIENTS TREATED FOR THEIR MALIGNANCY

-DECREASED EARLY DEATHS FROM MALIGNANCY

-PATIENTS WITH DORMANT INFECTIONS

MORE AGGRESSIVE ANTI-TUMOR THERAPY

-ENHANCED MUCOSAL DAMAGE

-CENTRAL VENOUS LINES

-PROLONGED AND MORE SEVERE NEUTROPENIA

-IMPAIRMENT OF CELLULAR IMMUNITY

ABUNDANT USE OF BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIBACTERIALS

-LESS FATAL BACTERIAL INFECTIONS

-ELIMINATION OF COMMENSAL FLORA

HIGHER AWARENESS AND BETTER DIAGNOSTIC FACILITIES

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