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Proven Aspergillus Flavus Pulmonary Aspergillosis in a Covid-19 Patient: A Case Report and Review of the Literature Publisher Pubmed



Salehi M1 ; Khajavirad N2 ; Seifi A1 ; Salahshour F3 ; Jahanbin B4 ; Kazemizadeh H5 ; Hashemi SJ6 ; Dehghan Manshadi SA1 ; Kord M6 ; Verweij PE7 ; Khodavaisy S6
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  1. 1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Radiology, School of Medicine, Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Research Center (ADIR), Imam Khomeini Hospital complex, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  4. 4. Pathology Department, Cancer Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  5. 5. Advanced Thoracic Research Center, Occupational Sleep Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  6. 6. Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
  7. 7. Department of Medical Microbiology and Center of Expertise in Mycology Radboudumc/CWZ, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Source: Mycoses Published:2021


Abstract

Severe COVID-19 patients complicated with aspergillosis are increasingly reported. We present a histopathological proven case of fatal COVID-19–associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA), due to Aspergillus flavus. This report and existing published literature indicate diagnostic challenges and poor outcomes of CAPA in ICU patients. © 2021 Wiley-VCH GmbH
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