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Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA)
COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) have been documented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The vast majority of these patients do not meet the classic EORTC/MSGERC criteria for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The question arises as to whether there may have been an over-diagnosis of thi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9409906/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36012828 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof8080840 |
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author | Ruiz-Ruigómez, María Fernández-Ruiz, Mario Pérez-Ayala, Ana Aguado, José María |
author_facet | Ruiz-Ruigómez, María Fernández-Ruiz, Mario Pérez-Ayala, Ana Aguado, José María |
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description | COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) have been documented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The vast majority of these patients do not meet the classic EORTC/MSGERC criteria for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The question arises as to whether there may have been an over-diagnosis of this disease. Here we review our experience and analyze the evolution of 27 patients who were diagnosed with CAPA during hospital admission. Surviving patients were followed-up for a mean time of 15 months (SD 3.78) by a group of experts and clinical records of diseased patients were reviewed. After expert evaluation and follow-up, 10 patients were finally assumed as CAPA according to expert opinion. These cases represent 40% of the initially CAPA assumed cases. Our data suggest the need to reconsider actual diagnosis criteria for CAPA what could drive to better identification of these patients. |
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spelling | pubmed-94099062022-08-26 Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) Ruiz-Ruigómez, María Fernández-Ruiz, Mario Pérez-Ayala, Ana Aguado, José María J Fungi (Basel) Brief Report COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) have been documented during the COVID-19 pandemic. The vast majority of these patients do not meet the classic EORTC/MSGERC criteria for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The question arises as to whether there may have been an over-diagnosis of this disease. Here we review our experience and analyze the evolution of 27 patients who were diagnosed with CAPA during hospital admission. Surviving patients were followed-up for a mean time of 15 months (SD 3.78) by a group of experts and clinical records of diseased patients were reviewed. After expert evaluation and follow-up, 10 patients were finally assumed as CAPA according to expert opinion. These cases represent 40% of the initially CAPA assumed cases. Our data suggest the need to reconsider actual diagnosis criteria for CAPA what could drive to better identification of these patients. MDPI 2022-08-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9409906/ /pubmed/36012828 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof8080840 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Brief Report Ruiz-Ruigómez, María Fernández-Ruiz, Mario Pérez-Ayala, Ana Aguado, José María Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) |
title | Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) |
title_full | Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) |
title_fullStr | Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) |
title_full_unstemmed | Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) |
title_short | Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Diagnosed with COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) |
title_sort | long-term follow-up of patients diagnosed with covid-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (capa) |
topic | Brief Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9409906/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36012828 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jof8080840 |
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