title: [Recommendations of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology (SEIMC) on the prevention of invasive fungal infection due to filamentous fungi].
abstract: Invasive fungal infections (IFI) due to filamentous fungi still have high rates of mortality associated with the difficulties of early detection of the infection and their therapeutic limitations. Consequently, a useful approach is to prevent patients at risk of fungal infection from getting in contact with conidia of Aspergillus and other mould species. This document describes the recommendations to prevent IFI due to filamentous fungi, prepared by Spanish experts from different medical and professional fields. The paper reviews the incidence of the IFI in different risk populations and the questions related to environmental measures of prevention, control of hospital infections, additional procedures for prevention, prevention of IFI outside hospitals, as well as antifungal prophylaxis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital de Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Camps
authors.forename: Jose María
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Aguado
authors.forename: Benito
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Almirante
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bouza
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ferrer Barbera
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Len
authors.forename: Lorena
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: López-Cerero
authors.forename: Juan Luis
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Tudela
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ruiz
authors.forename: Amparo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Solé
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vallejo
authors.forename: Lourdes
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vázquez
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zaragoza
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuenca-Estrella
mesh_terms: D001228:Aspergillosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004777:Environment; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors