TY - BOOK AU - Soha Mohammed Talema AU - Ebtesam Saad Eldeen , AU - Mona Hassan Eltagy , AU - Normean Abdelhalem Kaddah , TI - Fungal infections in children with cancer : : Early diagnosis and its impact on therapeutic options in neutropenic patients / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Soha Mohammed Talema , KW - Empitical antifungals KW - Galactomannan KW - Preemptive antifungals N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Oncology-clinical; Issued also as CD N2 - This study is a randomized trial aimed to compare between preemptive antifungal therapy vs. empitical antifungal therapy in neutropenic pediatric patients with malignancy as regard to twelve - week survival , median duration of fever and frequency of use of antifungals . Preemptive approach was guided by Galactomannan test (to detect asprigellus) and by high resolution CT scan UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -