COVID-19–Associated Mold Infection in Critically Ill Patients, Chile

Abstract

Patients with severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may have COVID-19–associated invasive mold infection (CAIMI) develop. We report 16 cases of CAIMI among 146 nonimmunocompromised patients with severe COVID-19 at an academic hospital in Santiago, Chile. These rates correspond to a CAIMI incidence of 11%; the mortality rate for these patients was 31.2%.

Keywords

• SARS-CoV-2
• COVID-19
• coronavirus
• 2019 novel coronavirus disease
• severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
• zoonoses