Invasive mould disease in fatal COVID-19: a systematic review of autopsies

BE Kula, CJ Clancy, MH Nguyen, IS Schwartz - The Lancet Microbe, 2021 - thelancet.com
Invasive mould disease (IMD) might affect up to a third of critically ill patients with COVID-19.
COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) is typically diagnosed on the basis of …

Pervasive but neglected: a perspective on COVID-19-associated pulmonary mold infections among mechanically ventilated COVID-19 patients

M Ghazanfari, A Arastehfar, L Davoodi… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Recent studies from multiple countries have shown a high prevalence of
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) among …

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in severe coronavirus disease 2019 pneumonia

T Lahmer, S Rasch, C Spinner… - Clinical …, 2020 - clinicalmicrobiologyandinfection …
Our report of two critically ill patients suggests that IPA might be a relevant complication of
severe COVID-19 pneumonia in analogy to experiences in severe influenza pneumonia …

COVID‐19–associated pulmonary aspergillosis: a prospective single‐center dual case series

EFJ Meijer, ASM Dofferhoff, O Hoiting, JF Meis - Mycoses, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background COVID‐19–associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) has emerged as an
invasive fungal disease, often affecting previously immunocompetent, mechanically …

Invasive fungal infections complicating COVID-19: a narrative review

G Casalini, A Giacomelli, A Ridolfo, C Gervasoni… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) can complicate the clinical course of COVID-19 and are
associated with a significant increase in mortality, especially in critically ill patients admitted …

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in the COVID‐19 era: An expected new entity

M Machado, M Valerio, A Álvarez‐Uría, M Olmedo… - Mycoses, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Information on the recently COVID‐19‐associated pulmonary aspergillosis
(CAPA) entity is scarce. We describe eight CAPA patients, compare them to colonised ICU …

Risk factors associated with COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in ICU patients: a French multicentric retrospective cohort

S Dellière, E Dudoignon, S Fodil, S Voicu… - Clinical Microbiology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objectives The main objective of this study was to determine the incidence of invasive
pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Diagnosing COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis

PE Verweij, JP Gangneux, M Bassetti… - The Lancet …, 2020 - thelancet.com
There is increasing concern that patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) might
be at risk of developing invasive pulmonary aspergillosis co-infection. 1 In a cohort of 221 …

Mortality in critically ill patients with coronavirus disease 2019‐associated pulmonary aspergillosis: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

S Singh, N Verma, R Kanaujia, A Chakrabarti… - Mycoses, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reports of COVID‐19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) are rising, but the
associated mortality and factors affecting it are not well‐characterised. We performed a …

COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis, fungemia, and pneumocystosis in the intensive care unit: a retrospective multicenter observational cohort during the …

S Bretagne, K Sitbon, F Botterel, S Dellière… - Microbiology …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
The aim of this study was to evaluate diagnostic means, host factors, delay of occurrence,
and outcome of patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and fungal coinfections in the intensive …