Journal of Fungi (Jan 2023)

COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis (CAPA) in Northern Greece during 2020–2022: A Comparative Study According to the Main Consensus Criteria and Definitions

  • Panagiotis Siasios,
  • Kostoula Arvaniti,
  • Evangelia Zachrou,
  • Aikaterini Poulopoulou,
  • Pinelopi Pisanidou,
  • Georgia Vasileiadou,
  • Evangelos Kaimakamis,
  • Athina Georgopoulou,
  • Foteini Renta,
  • Dimitrios Lathyris,
  • Foteini Veroniki,
  • Eleni Geka,
  • Ioanna Soultati,
  • Eleni Argiriadou,
  • Eleni Apostolidou,
  • Pinelopi Amoiridou,
  • Konstantinos Ioannou,
  • Leonidas Kouras,
  • Ioanna Mimitou,
  • Konstantinos Stokkos,
  • Elliniki Flioni,
  • Evangelos Pertsas,
  • Maria Sileli,
  • Christina Iasonidou,
  • Evdokia Sourla,
  • Georgia Pitsiou,
  • Timoleon-Achilleas Vyzantiadis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/jof9010081
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
p. 81

Abstract

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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) has emerged as an important complication among patients with acute respiratory failure due to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Almost 2.5 years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, it continues to raise concerns as an extra factor that contributes to increased mortality, which is mostly because its diagnosis and management remain challenging. The present study utilises the cases of forty-three patients hospitalised between August 2020 and February 2022 whose information was gathered from ten ICUs and special care units based in northern Greece. The main aim was to describe the gained experience in diagnosing CAPA, according to the implementation of the main existing diagnostic consensus criteria and definitions, and present the different classification of the clinical cases due to the alternative algorithms.

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