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Pulmonary aspergillosis in two COVID-19 patients from Kuwait

Critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at risk of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The clinical manifestations of a superimposed fungal infection in those patients are difficult to underpin. This is compounded by the non-specific radiological findings associated with t...

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Autores principales: Alobaid, Khaled, Yousuf, Beena, Al-Qattan, Eman, Muqeem, Zainab, Al-Subaie, Nawaf
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Microbiology Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34151156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000201
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author Alobaid, Khaled
Yousuf, Beena
Al-Qattan, Eman
Muqeem, Zainab
Al-Subaie, Nawaf
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Yousuf, Beena
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description Critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at risk of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The clinical manifestations of a superimposed fungal infection in those patients are difficult to underpin. This is compounded by the non-specific radiological findings associated with this infection and the challenges associated with performing bronchoscopy in COVID-19 patients. We would like to present two COVID-19 cases who developed secondary Aspergillus pulmonary infection in the intensive care unit as shown by respiratory cultures, serum galactomannan and radiological images. Despite advanced intensive care and use of antifungal agents, both patients died eventually. This report illustrates the negative impact of secondary Aspergillosis and calls for the need of increased awareness of COVID19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis.
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spelling pubmed-82097082021-06-17 Pulmonary aspergillosis in two COVID-19 patients from Kuwait Alobaid, Khaled Yousuf, Beena Al-Qattan, Eman Muqeem, Zainab Al-Subaie, Nawaf Access Microbiol Case Reports Critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are at risk of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The clinical manifestations of a superimposed fungal infection in those patients are difficult to underpin. This is compounded by the non-specific radiological findings associated with this infection and the challenges associated with performing bronchoscopy in COVID-19 patients. We would like to present two COVID-19 cases who developed secondary Aspergillus pulmonary infection in the intensive care unit as shown by respiratory cultures, serum galactomannan and radiological images. Despite advanced intensive care and use of antifungal agents, both patients died eventually. This report illustrates the negative impact of secondary Aspergillosis and calls for the need of increased awareness of COVID19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis. Microbiology Society 2021-02-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8209708/ /pubmed/34151156 http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000201 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The Microbiology Society waived the open access fees for this article.
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Pulmonary aspergillosis in two COVID-19 patients from Kuwait
title Pulmonary aspergillosis in two COVID-19 patients from Kuwait
title_full Pulmonary aspergillosis in two COVID-19 patients from Kuwait
title_fullStr Pulmonary aspergillosis in two COVID-19 patients from Kuwait
title_full_unstemmed Pulmonary aspergillosis in two COVID-19 patients from Kuwait
title_short Pulmonary aspergillosis in two COVID-19 patients from Kuwait
title_sort pulmonary aspergillosis in two covid-19 patients from kuwait
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8209708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34151156
http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000201
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