Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating COVID-19 in the ICU - A case report

It is not yet known, if critically ill COVID-19 patients are prone to fungal infections. We report a 69-year-old patient without typical risk factors for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), who developed IPA two weeks after onset of symptoms. Our report shows that IPA may occur in critically ill...

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Autores principales: Prattes, Juergen, Valentin, Thomas, Hoenigl, Martin, Talakic, Emina, Reisinger, Alexander C., Eller, Philipp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
Materias:
CAPA Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7211620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32395423
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.05.001
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Sumario:It is not yet known, if critically ill COVID-19 patients are prone to fungal infections. We report a 69-year-old patient without typical risk factors for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), who developed IPA two weeks after onset of symptoms. Our report shows that IPA may occur in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

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