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COVID-19–Associated Mold Infection in Critically Ill Patients, Chile

Patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may have COVID-19–associated invasive mold infection (CAIMI) develop. We report 16 cases of CAIMI among 146 nonimmunocompromised patients with severe COVID-19 at an academic hospital in Santiago, Chile. These rates correspond to a CAIMI incidence o...

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Autores principales: Rabagliati, Ricardo, Rodríguez, Nicolás, Núñez, Carolina, Huete, Alvaro, Bravo, Sebastian, Garcia, Patricia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33760726
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.204412
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author Rabagliati, Ricardo
Rodríguez, Nicolás
Núñez, Carolina
Huete, Alvaro
Bravo, Sebastian
Garcia, Patricia
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description Patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may have COVID-19–associated invasive mold infection (CAIMI) develop. We report 16 cases of CAIMI among 146 nonimmunocompromised patients with severe COVID-19 at an academic hospital in Santiago, Chile. These rates correspond to a CAIMI incidence of 11%; the mortality rate for these patients was 31.2%.
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spelling pubmed-80844752021-05-11 COVID-19–Associated Mold Infection in Critically Ill Patients, Chile Rabagliati, Ricardo Rodríguez, Nicolás Núñez, Carolina Huete, Alvaro Bravo, Sebastian Garcia, Patricia Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may have COVID-19–associated invasive mold infection (CAIMI) develop. We report 16 cases of CAIMI among 146 nonimmunocompromised patients with severe COVID-19 at an academic hospital in Santiago, Chile. These rates correspond to a CAIMI incidence of 11%; the mortality rate for these patients was 31.2%. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2021-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8084475/ /pubmed/33760726 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.204412 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Rabagliati, Ricardo
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COVID-19–Associated Mold Infection in Critically Ill Patients, Chile
title COVID-19–Associated Mold Infection in Critically Ill Patients, Chile
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topic Dispatch
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8084475/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33760726
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2705.204412
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