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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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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 |
author_facet | Alobaid, Khaled Yousuf, Beena Al-Qattan, Eman Muqeem, Zainab Al-Subaie, Nawaf |
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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. |
spellingShingle | Case Reports Alobaid, Khaled Yousuf, Beena Al-Qattan, Eman Muqeem, Zainab Al-Subaie, Nawaf 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 |
topic | Case Reports |
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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