Ventilator-associated pneumonia involving Aspergillus flavus in a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Argentina

Medical Mycology Case Reports

Célica Irrazabal¹  Karlyn D. Beer²  Luciana Farias³  Daniel Stecher⁴  Ghilka Delgado⁴  Diego H. Caceres⁴  Tom M. Chiller⁵  Paul E. Verweij⁵  Norma B. Fernandez⁵ 

[1] Corresponding author. Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.;Department of Medical Microbiology, Radboud University Medical Center and Center of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, Nijmegen, the Netherlands;División Terapia Intensiva, Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martín”Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina;Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA;Sección Micología, División Infectología, Hospital de Clínicas “José de San Martin”, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina;

关键词: Aspergillosis;    COVID-19;    Coronavirus;    Ventilator-associated pneumonia;    Intensive care unit;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19), caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, emerged in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 and rapidly spread around the world. Invasive aspergillosis has been reported as a complication of severe influenza pneumonia among intensive care patients. Similarities between COVID-19 and influenza pneumonia, together with limited published case series, suggest that aspergillosis may be an important complication of COVID-19. This report describes a case of ventilator-associated pneumonia involving Aspergillus flavus in a patient with COVID-19 from Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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