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- Invasive fusariosis is a severe infection that mainly impacts patients with blood cancers and those who have undergone stem cell transplants.
- The study aimed to create a scoring system to assess how well medical professionals follow established guidelines for treating this infection.
- The developed tool, called the EQUAL score Fusariosis, consists of 18 criteria worth up to 24 points, focusing on the best practices in prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up for invasive fusariosis.
Article Abstract
Background: Invasive fusariosis is a serious infection affecting mostly patients with haematologic malignancies and hematopoietic cell transplant recipients.
Objectives: To develop a scoring tool that evaluates guideline adherence in the management of invasive fusariosis.
Methods: We reviewed two guidelines, provided by the European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) and the European Confederation of Medical Mycology (ECMM), and selected the strongest recommendations for management quality as the bases for the scoring tool.
Results: We reviewed the recommendations regarding primary and secondary prophylaxis, diagnostics procedures (images, blood cultures, biopsy of skin lesions with direct examination, culture and histopathology, species identification, antifungal susceptibility tests and antigen detection), treatment choices and follow-up procedures. The tool comprises 18 items, with a maximum of 24 points.
Conclusions: The EQUAL score Fusariosis is a tool that may help clinicians to measure guidelines adherence.
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