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ArticleAnnals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials2025

SARS-CoV-2 coinfection in patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: clinical characteristics and prognosis.

Mengshu Xie, Xiaofeng Zhu, Ao Ma, Jiaqi Fan, Guangru Fei, Qianqian Zhou, Yan Zhang, Huimei Wu, Xuqin Jiang

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Article in Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mengshu Xie *Department of Pulmonary Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, China.
Xiaofeng Zhu *Department of Pulmonary Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, China.
Ao Ma *Department of Pulmonary Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, China.
Jiaqi FanDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Lujiang Road 17, Hefei, 230001, China.
Guangru FeiDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Lujiang Road 17, Hefei, 230001, China.
Qianqian ZhouDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Lujiang Road 17, Hefei, 230001, China.
Yan ZhangSchool of Health Service Management, Anhui Medical University, 81-Meishan Road, Hefei, 230032, China. zhangymail@ahmu.edu.cn.
Huimei WuAnhui Geriatric Institute, Department of Geriatric Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Jixi Road 218, Hefei, 230022, China. wuhm@ahmu.edu.cn.
Xuqin JiangDepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, China. xqjiang@ustc.edu.cn.

Funding

Anhui Provincial Research Project for the Inheritance and Innovation of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2024CCCX012Joint Fund for Medical Artificial Intelligence MAI2023C013Research Funds of Center for Big Data and Population Health of IHM JKS2023007
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Abstract

backgroundCOVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) has been globally reported to be a life-threatening complication of severe COVID-19. Previous studies primarily focused on an association between secondary Aspergillus infection and elevated mortality risk in COVID-19 patients, while potential confounding factors and alternative pathogenic mechanisms remain insufficiently investigated. The risk factors and outcomes of patients with secondary SARS-CoV-2 infection following invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) were not been well explored either.

methodsThis retrospective monocentric study enrolled 152 hospitalized IPA patients with and without SARS-CoV-2 infection from 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2023. The characteristics of IPA patients and related risk factors were investigated, and the relationship between different SARS-CoV-2 infection status and the prognosis in IPA patients was further evaluated.

resultsOur analysis demonstrated that IPA patients subsequently diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection exhibited significantly elevated mortality risk compared to those without viral coinfection (53.6% vs. 22.9%, P < 0.001). SARS-CoV-2 infection status (OR 3.708; P = 0.001; 95%CI 1.674-8.212), albumin concentration (OR 0.885; P = 0.005; 95%CI 0.813-0.964), and C-reactive protein level (OR 1.007; P = 0.012; 95%CI 1.002-1.013) were statistically significant independent risk factors for prognosis of IPA patients. Subsequent analysis established a multivariate risk prediction model incorporating independent prognostic factors, which exhibited robust discriminative capacity for mortality risk stratification via ROC curve validation (AUC = 0.792, 95%CI 0.721-0.862, P < 0.0001). A statistically significant difference in mortality rate existed between IPA patients with secondary SARS-CoV-2 infection and CAPA patients (63.2% and 33.3%, P = 0.037). Notably, comparative analysis revealed no statistically significant differences in 28-day (22/96, 22.9% vs. 6/18, 33.3%) or 90-day mortality rates (22/96, 22.9% vs. 6/18, 33.3%) between patients with IPA without SARS-CoV-2 infection and IPA patients with secondary SARS-CoV-2 infection.

conclusionsIPA patients with secondary SARS-CoV-2 coinfection had a lower mortality compared to those with CAPA. Considering the high mortality rate, more medical cares are needed for these patients.

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CoinfectionCOVID-19Invasive Pulmonary AspergillosisAdultAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA)Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA)Risk factorSecondary SARS-CoV-2 infection

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