Effect of glucocorticoids on the development of COVID‐19‐associated pulmonary aspergillosis: A meta‐analysis of 21 studies and 5174 patients

Z Hashim, A Nath, A Khan, M Gupta, A Kumar… - Mycoses, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract COVID‐19‐associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) remains a high mortality
mycotic infection throughout the pandemic, and glucocorticoids (GC) may be its root cause …

Mortality in ICU patients with COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis

A Beltrame, DA Stevens, D Haiduven - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
A review of 38 studies involving 1437 COVID-19 patients admitted to intensive care units
(ICUs) with pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) was conducted to investigate whether mortality …

Risk factors and the value of microbiological examinations of COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill patients in intensive care unit: the …

X Zhou, X Wu, Z Chen, X Cui, Y Cai, Y Liu… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction During the Omicron pandemic in China, a significant proportion of patients with
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) …

Microbiological diagnosis of pulmonary invasive aspergillosis in critically ill patients with severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia: a bronchoalveolar study

Á Estella, I Martín-Loeches, MR Núñez… - Annals of clinical …, 2023 - Springer
Background Diagnosing COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) can be
challenging since radiological and clinical criteria in the critically ill patient are nonspecific …

COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis Isolates Are Genomically Diverse but Similar to Each Other in Their Responses to Infection-Relevant Stresses

ME Mead, PA de Castro, JL Steenwyk… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Secondary infections caused by the pulmonary fungal pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus are a
significant cause of mortality in patients with severe coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) …

Comparison of influenza-and COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in China

J Zhao, X Zhuo, D Pu, G Fan, B Lu, B Cao - European Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose We conducted a monocentric retrospective study using the latest definitions to
compare the demographic, clinical, and biological characteristics of influenza-associated …

[HTML][HTML] The “COVID effect” in culture-based clinical microbiology: Changes induced by COVID-19 pandemic in a Hungarian tertiary care center

L Orosz, K Burián - Journal of Infection and Public Health, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The presence of bacterial and fungal coinfections plays an important role in the
mortality of patients with coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). We compared data from the 3 years …

COVID-19 associated mucormycosis (CAM) in Kashan, Iran: clinical presentations, risk factors, management, and outcomes

M Erami, O Raiesi, M Momen-Heravi… - Infectious …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background This study aimed to estimate the disease burden and describe the clinical
presentation, risk factors, and outcome of CAM in a single centre in Iran. Methods A case of …

Fungal Respiratory Colonization and Infections in Cystic Fibrosis Patients in the Middle East

MT Hedayati, M Ghazanfari, BN Shirvan… - Current Fungal Infection …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited disease that can
progressively affect multiple organs including respiratory tract. CF has been believed to …

[HTML][HTML] Outcomes of Patients with COVID-19 and Fungal Coinfections: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Study

S Khodavaisy, H Sarrafnia… - Iranian Journal of …, 2024 - ijp.iranpath.org
Background & Objective: Fungal co-infections increase the incidence and mortality of viral
respiratory tract infections. This study systematically reviews and conducts a meta-analysis …