Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating COVID-19 in the ICU - A case report

Juergen Prattes; Thomas Valentin; Martin Hoenigl; Emina Talakic; Alexander C. Reisinger; Philipp Eller

Medical Mycology Case Reports (Mar 2021)

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating COVID-19 in the ICU - A case report

Juergen Prattes,
Thomas Valentin,
Martin Hoenigl,
Emina Talakic,
Alexander C. Reisinger,
Philipp Eller

Affiliations

Juergen Prattes: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; Corresponding author. Medical University of Graz, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Auenbruggerplatz 15, 8036, Graz, Austria.
Thomas Valentin: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Martin Hoenigl: Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria; Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
Emina Talakic: Department of Radiology, Division of General Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Alexander C. Reisinger: Department of Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Philipp Eller: Department of Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 31
pp. 2 – 5

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It is not yet known, if critically ill COVID-19 patients are prone to fungal infections. We report a 69-year-old patient without typical risk factors for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), who developed IPA two weeks after onset of symptoms. Our report shows that IPA may occur in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Published in Medical Mycology Case Reports

ISSN: 2211-7539 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General); Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/medical-mycology-case-reports/

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