Influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient on ECMO

Invasive pulmonary aspsergillosis (IPA) is a well-known disease typically affecting severely immunocompromised patients. Recently, IPA has been described in a new group of patients such as those infected with influenza. In this report, we would like to present a case of pulmonary aspergillosis follo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alobaid, Khaled, Alfoudri, Huda, Jeragh, Ahlam
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6938955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31908911
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.010
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Sumario:Invasive pulmonary aspsergillosis (IPA) is a well-known disease typically affecting severely immunocompromised patients. Recently, IPA has been described in a new group of patients such as those infected with influenza. In this report, we would like to present a case of pulmonary aspergillosis following influenza infection for the first time in Kuwait, and raise awareness about such unrecognized threatening co-infection.

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