Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating COVID-19 in the ICU - A case report

Juergen Prattes; Thomas Valentin; Martin Hoenigl; Emina Talakic; Alexander C Reisinger; Philipp Eller

doi:10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.05.001

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis complicating COVID-19 in the ICU - A case report

Med Mycol Case Rep. 2021 Mar:31:2-5. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2020.05.001. Epub 2020 May 11.

Authors

Juergen Prattes¹, Thomas Valentin¹, Martin Hoenigl^{1

2}, Emina Talakic³, Alexander C Reisinger⁴, Philipp Eller⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
² Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA.
³ Department of Radiology, Division of General Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Unit, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

Abstract

It is not yet known, if critically ill COVID-19 patients are prone to fungal infections. We report a 69-year-old patient without typical risk factors for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA), who developed IPA two weeks after onset of symptoms. Our report shows that IPA may occur in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

Keywords: Aspergillosis; COVID-19; ICU.

Publication types

Case Reports