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Study to assess aetiology, clinical and imaging characteristics of post Covid-19 pulmonary cavitation
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the aetiology and characteristics of pulmonary cavities that developed in patients recovering from COVID-19 infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 1(st) May 2021 and 30(st) June 2021, we found 9 post COVID-19 patients who developed lung cavities on...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8963656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35360787 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1425_21 |
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author | Rai, Deependra Kumar Priyadarshi, Rajeev K. Karmaker, Saurabh |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the aetiology and characteristics of pulmonary cavities that developed in patients recovering from COVID-19 infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 1(st) May 2021 and 30(st) June 2021, we found 9 post COVID-19 patients who developed lung cavities on chest radiograph or CT during the follow-up period. These patients underwent routine blood examination, sputum examination and bronchoscopy to identify the aetiologies for the lung cavities. RESULTS: The duration from the onset of COVID-19 symptoms to the detection of lung cavities ranged from 18 to 82 days. Out of 7 patients, 4 had recovered from severe COVID-19 disease, 2 from moderate and 1 from mild disease. After the diagnostic workup, 5 patients were found to have COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA), 1 patient with mucormycosis and 1 patient with mycobacterium infection. Two patients with CAPA also had bacterial infection; sputum culture from both these patients grew Klebsiella pneumonia. CONCLUSION: Lung cavities can develop in patients recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia and fungal infection is the most common cause for such cavities. |
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spelling | pubmed-89636562022-03-30 Study to assess aetiology, clinical and imaging characteristics of post Covid-19 pulmonary cavitation Rai, Deependra Kumar Priyadarshi, Rajeev K. Karmaker, Saurabh J Family Med Prim Care Original Article OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the aetiology and characteristics of pulmonary cavities that developed in patients recovering from COVID-19 infection. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Between 1(st) May 2021 and 30(st) June 2021, we found 9 post COVID-19 patients who developed lung cavities on chest radiograph or CT during the follow-up period. These patients underwent routine blood examination, sputum examination and bronchoscopy to identify the aetiologies for the lung cavities. RESULTS: The duration from the onset of COVID-19 symptoms to the detection of lung cavities ranged from 18 to 82 days. Out of 7 patients, 4 had recovered from severe COVID-19 disease, 2 from moderate and 1 from mild disease. After the diagnostic workup, 5 patients were found to have COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA), 1 patient with mucormycosis and 1 patient with mycobacterium infection. Two patients with CAPA also had bacterial infection; sputum culture from both these patients grew Klebsiella pneumonia. CONCLUSION: Lung cavities can develop in patients recovering from COVID-19 pneumonia and fungal infection is the most common cause for such cavities. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022-02 2022-02-16 /pmc/articles/PMC8963656/ /pubmed/35360787 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1425_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Rai, Deependra Kumar Priyadarshi, Rajeev K. Karmaker, Saurabh Study to assess aetiology, clinical and imaging characteristics of post Covid-19 pulmonary cavitation |
title | Study to assess aetiology, clinical and imaging characteristics of post Covid-19 pulmonary cavitation |
title_full | Study to assess aetiology, clinical and imaging characteristics of post Covid-19 pulmonary cavitation |
title_fullStr | Study to assess aetiology, clinical and imaging characteristics of post Covid-19 pulmonary cavitation |
title_full_unstemmed | Study to assess aetiology, clinical and imaging characteristics of post Covid-19 pulmonary cavitation |
title_short | Study to assess aetiology, clinical and imaging characteristics of post Covid-19 pulmonary cavitation |
title_sort | study to assess aetiology, clinical and imaging characteristics of post covid-19 pulmonary cavitation |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8963656/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35360787 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1425_21 |
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