COVID-19-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Single-Center Experience in Central Valley, California, January 2020–March 2021

• Published in: Journal of fungi (Basel) Vol. 7; no. 11; p. 948
• Main Authors: Sivasubramanian, Geetha, Ghanem, Hebah, Maison-Fomotar, Michele, Jain, Ratnali, Libke, Robert
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 10.11.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Aspergillosis; Aspergillus; CAPA; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Fever; Infections; Intensive care; Intensive care units; invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; Laboratories; Length of stay; Lung diseases; Morphology; Mortality; Pandemics; Patients; Population studies; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Software; Ventilators; United States > US; California

Reports of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) have been widely published across the world since the onset of the pandemic with varying incidence rates. We retrospectively studied all patients with severe COVID-19 infection who were admitted to our tertiary...