Long and persistent COVID-19 in patients with hematologic malignancies: from bench to bedside

JC Laracy, M Kamboj, SA Vardhana - Current opinion in infectious …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Persistent COVID-19 infection is a unique concern in patients with hematologic
malignancies. While vaccination against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: a matter of concern amid the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

P Chandley, P Subba, S Rohatgi - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection caused by fungi belonging to order Mucorales.
Recently, with the increase in COVID-19 infections, mucormycosis infections have become a …

Fungal infection profile in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a prospective study at a large teaching hospital in a middle-income country

EM Negm, MS Mohamed, RA Rabie, WS Fouad… - BMC Infectious …, 2023 - Springer
Background Critically ill COVID-19 patients are highly susceptible to opportunistic fungal
infection due to many factors, including virus-induced immune dysregulation, host-related …

[HTML][HTML] The battle against fungi: lessons in antifungal stewardship from COVID 19 times

SS Kanj, SF Haddad, JF Meis, PE Verweij… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the detrimental effect of secondary pathogens in
patients with a primary viral insult. In addition to superinfections with bacterial pathogens …

[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 …

Post-COVID-19 fungal infection in the aged population

VP Chavda, T Mishra, S Kamaraj, S Punetha… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection is currently a great cause of concern for the
healthcare sector around the globe. SARS-CoV-2 is an RNA virus that causes a serious …

Fungal infections in critically ill COVID-19 patients: Inevitabile malum

N Rovina, E Koukaki, V Romanou, S Ampelioti… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Patients with severe COVID-19 belong to a population at high risk of invasive fungal
infections (IFIs), with a reported incidence of IFIs in critically ill COVID-19 patients ranging …

Invasive fungal infections associated with COVID-19

KM Hlaing, LM Monday, M Nucci, SA Nouér… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic caused> 6 million deaths worldwide, often from respiratory failure.
Complications frequently occurred in hospitalized patients, particularly in the intensive care …

Invasiveness of ventilation therapy is associated to prevalence of secondary bacterial and fungal infections in critically ill COVID-19 patients

ML de Hesselle, S Borgmann, S Rieg… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Superinfections are a fundamental critical care problem, and their significance in severe
COVID-19 cases needs to be determined. This study analyzed data from the Lean European …

Progress of polymer-based strategies in fungal disease management: Designed for different roles

S Wu, W Guo, B Li, H Zhou, H Meng, J Sun… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fungal diseases have posed a great challenge to global health, but have fewer solutions
compared to bacterial and viral infections. Development and application of new treatment …