Cryptococcus neoformans blood stream infection in severe COVID-19 pneumonia

Severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) associated pneumonia leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome and emerging data suggest fungal coinfections also contribute to mortality in this patient population. Aspergillus ventilator associated pneumonia is increasingly recognized. We describe a case of...

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Autores principales: Thyagarajan, Rama. V, Mondy, Kristin E., Rose, Dusten T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8406549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01274
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description Severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) associated pneumonia leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome and emerging data suggest fungal coinfections also contribute to mortality in this patient population. Aspergillus ventilator associated pneumonia is increasingly recognized. We describe a case of likely reactivation of community acquired Cryptococcus neoformans in a patient with severe COVID-19.
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spelling pubmed-84065492021-08-31 Cryptococcus neoformans blood stream infection in severe COVID-19 pneumonia Thyagarajan, Rama. V Mondy, Kristin E. Rose, Dusten T. IDCases Case Report Severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) associated pneumonia leads to acute respiratory distress syndrome and emerging data suggest fungal coinfections also contribute to mortality in this patient population. Aspergillus ventilator associated pneumonia is increasingly recognized. We describe a case of likely reactivation of community acquired Cryptococcus neoformans in a patient with severe COVID-19. Elsevier 2021-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC8406549/ /pubmed/34485078 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01274 Text en © 2021 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Cryptococcus neoformans blood stream infection in severe COVID-19 pneumonia
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title_full Cryptococcus neoformans blood stream infection in severe COVID-19 pneumonia
title_fullStr Cryptococcus neoformans blood stream infection in severe COVID-19 pneumonia
title_full_unstemmed Cryptococcus neoformans blood stream infection in severe COVID-19 pneumonia
title_short Cryptococcus neoformans blood stream infection in severe COVID-19 pneumonia
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8406549/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34485078
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01274
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