Incidence of invasive fungal infections in patients with hematological malignancies receiving ibrutinib therapy in south-east Austria

Abstract

Abstract Since the broad implementation of ibrutinib therapy, an increasing number of studies have been reported on invasive fungal infections (IFI) associated with ibrutinib administration. We conducted a retrospective cohort study in three hospitals in south-east Austria in order to assess the local epidemiology of ibrutinib associated IFIs. A total of 113 patients with underlying hematological malignancy were included in the study. During the study period, a single IFI episode was observed, which corresponds to an IFI incidence of 2.3 cases per 100 person years (95% CI: 0.12–11.47). IFIs during ibrutinib therapy seem to be a rare event in case of absent additional risk factors for IFIs.