Background Influenza-associated aspergillosis (IAA) is an emerging fungal infection with
high mortality and morbidity and the pathogenesis of this disease is not well understood …

Influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA) has been reported increasingly since
the advent of use of neuraminidase (NA) inhibitors following the 2009 influenza pandemic …

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a life-threatening fungal infection occurring mainly
in immunocompromised patients. We recently identified IPA as an emerging co-infection …

Inhalation of airborne conidia of the ubiquitous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus commonly
occurs but invasive aspergillosis is rare except in profoundly immunocompromised persons …

Background. Bacterial superinfections are well-described complications of influenza
infection, however few data exist on invasive fungal infections in this setting. The …

Influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA) is a feared complication in patients with
influenza tracheobronchitis, especially those receiving corticosteroids. Herein, we …

Aspergillus fumigatus is a human fungal pathogen that is most often avirulent in
immunecompetent individuals because the innate immune system is efficient at eliminating …

This study delineated the characteristics of 24 (11.2%) culture-positive, influenza-associated
pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA) patients out of 215 patients with severe influenza during …

Seasonal influenza A virus (IAV) infections still pose a major burden for public health
worldwide. Severe disease progression or even death is often related to superinfections of …

Background. Invasive aspergillosis may occur in the setting of severe influenza infections
due to viral-induced respiratory epithelium disruption and impaired immune effects, but data …