Systemic mycoses: a potential alert for complications in COVID-19 patients

G Segrelles-Calvo, GR de S Araujo… - Future Microbiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
As the global COVID-19 pandemic spreads worldwide, new challenges arise in the clinical
landscape. The need for reliable diagnostic methods, treatments and vaccines for COVID-19 …

Fungal infections identified with multiplex PCR in Severe COVID-19 patients during six pandemic waves

I Bogdan, AR Reddyreddy, A Nelluri, RK Maganti… - Medicina, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: With an increasing number of severe COVID-19 cases
presenting with secondary fungal infections, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of …

[HTML][HTML] Opportunistic mycoses in COVID-19 patients/survivors: epidemic inside a pandemic

HK Bhotla, B Balasubramanian, A Meyyazhagan… - Journal of infection and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Being considered minor vexations, fungal infections hinder the life of about 15% of the world
population superficially, with rare threats to life in case of invasive sepsis. A significant rise in …

A systematic review on SARS‐CoV‐2‐associated fungal coinfections

S Soni, R Namdeo Pudake, U Jain… - Journal of medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A severe pandemic of Coronavirus Disease (COVID‐19) has been sweeping the globe
since 2019, and this time, it did not stop, with frequent mutations transforming into virulent …

Fungal infection in co-infected patients with COVID-19: an overview of case reports/case series and systematic review

SS Seyedjavadi, P Bagheri, MJ Nasiri… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fungal co-infections are frequent in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and
can affect patient outcomes and hamper therapeutic efforts. Nonetheless, few studies have …

[PDF][PDF] Invasive fungal diseases during COVID-19: we should be prepared

JP Gangneux, ME Bougnoux, E Dannaoui… - Journal de mycologie …, 2020 - Elsevier
The epidemic of respiratory infection due to the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that emerged
by the end of 2019 in China is now pandemic and associated with a huge number of deaths …

Risk factors for fungal co-infections in critically ill COVID-19 patients, with a focus on immunosuppressants

OT Ezeokoli, O Gcilitshana, CH Pohl - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Severe cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) managed in the intensive care unit
are prone to complications, including secondary infections with opportunistic fungal …

Co-infections in COVID-19 patients and correlation with mortality rate. Minireview

Á Fehér, Z Szarvas, A Lehoczki, M Fekete… - Physiology …, 2022 - akjournals.com
Purpose The goal of our review was to gather information on the most important community-
acquired and hospital-acquired co-infections among coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Overview on the prevalence of fungal infections, immune response, and microbiome role in COVID-19 patients

M Roudbary, S Kumar, A Kumar, L Černáková… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Patients with severe COVID-19, such as individuals in intensive care units (ICU), are
exceptionally susceptible to bacterial and fungal infections. The most prevalent fungal …

[HTML][HTML] High mortality co-infections of COVID-19 patients: mucormycosis and other fungal infections

K Bhatt, A Agolli, MH Patel, R Garimella, M Devi… - Discoveries, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Severe COVID-19 disease is associated with an increase in pro-inflammatory markers, such
as IL-1, IL-6, and tumor necrosis alpha, less CD4 interferon-gamma expression, and fewer …