ArticleJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Fungal Infections in the ICU during the COVID-19 Era: Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of 178 Patients.
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- Incidence, mortality and risk factors of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill patients during the COVID-19 era: a global systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2026Pooled it
- Candidemia Following Severe COVID-19 in Hospitalised and Critical Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Mycoses · 2024Pooled it
- COVID-19-Associated Fungal Co-Infections: Pathogenesis, Diagnostics, Biomarkers, and Therapeutic Strategies.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Invasive Candidiasis Coinfection in Patients with Severe COVID-19 Disease: Scoping Review.Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024Article
- Clinic, CT radiomics, and deep learning combined model for the prediction of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.BMC medical imaging · 2024Article
- Increase in candidemia cases and emergence of fluconazole-resistantEuro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2024Article
- Severe mold fungal infections in critically ill patients with COVID-19.Future microbiology · 2024Review
- Wedge Resection and Optimal Solutions for Invasive Pulmonary Fungal Infection and Long COVID Syndrome-A Case Report and Brief Literature Review.Reports (MDPI) · 2024Article
- Mortality in ICU Patients with COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Real Impact of Age on Mortality in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Fungal Infections in the ICU during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mexico.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Fungal infection profile in critically ill COVID-19 patients: a prospective study at a large teaching hospital in a middle-income country.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Modified SCOPE (mSCOPE) Score as a Tool to Predict Mortality in COVID-19 Critically Ill Patients.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundCOVID-19-associated fungal infections seem to be a concerning issue. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of fungal infections, the possible risk factors, and their effect on outcomes of critically ill patients with COVID-19.
methodsA retrospective observational study was conducted in the COVID-19 ICU of the First Respiratory Department of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Sotiria Chest Diseases Hospital between 27 August 2020 and 10 November 2021.
resultsHere, 178 patients were included in the study. Nineteen patients (10.7%) developed fungal infection, of which five had COVID-19 associated candidemia, thirteen had COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis, and one had both. Patients with fungal infection were younger, had a lower Charlson Comorbidity Index, and had a lower PaO
conclusionsFungal infections seem to have a high incidence in COVID-19 critically ill patients and specific risk factors are identified. However, fungal infections do not seem to burden on mortality.
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