Medical Mycology Case Reports (Mar 2021)

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

  • Norma B. Fernandez,
  • Diego H. Caceres,
  • Karlyn D. Beer,
  • Célica Irrazabal,
  • Ghilka Delgado,
  • Luciana Farias,
  • Tom M. Chiller,
  • Paul E. Verweij,
  • Daniel Stecher

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 31
pp. 19 – 23

Abstract

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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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