Fungal infections in mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 during the first wave: the French multicentre MYCOVID study

• Published in: The lancet respiratory medicine Vol. 10; no. 2; p. 180
• Main Authors: Gangneux, Jean-Pierre, Dannaoui, Eric, Fekkar, Arnaud, Luyt, Charles-Edouard, Botterel, Françoise, De Prost, Nicolas, Tadié, Jean-Marc, Reizine, Florian, Houzé, Sandrine, Timsit, Jean-François, Iriart, Xavier, Riu-Poulenc, Béatrice, Sendid, Boualem, Nseir, Saad, Persat, Florence, Wallet, Florent, Le Pape, Patrice, Canet, Emmanuel, Novara, Ana, Manai, Melek, Cateau, Estelle, Thille, Arnaud W, Brun, Sophie, Cohen, Yves, Alanio, Alexandre, Mégarbane, Bruno, Cornet, Muriel, Terzi, Nicolas, Lamhaut, Lionel, Sabourin, Estelle, Desoubeaux, Guillaume, Ehrmann, Stephan, Hennequin, Christophe, Voiriot, Guillaume, Nevez, Gilles, Aubron, Cécile, Letscher-Bru, Valérie, Meziani, Ferhat, Blaize, Marion, Mayaux, Julien, Monsel, Antoine, Boquel, Frédérique, Robert-Gangneux, Florence, Le Tulzo, Yves, Seguin, Philippe, Guegan, Hélène, Autier, Brice, Lesouhaitier, Matthieu, Pelletier, Romain, Belaz, Sorya, Bonnal, Christine, Berry, Antoine, Leroy, Jordan, François, Nadine, Richard, Jean-Christophe, Paulus, Sylvie, Argaud, Laurent, Dupont, Damien, Menotti, Jean, Morio, Florent, Soulié, Marie, Schwebel, Carole, Garnaud, Cécile, Guitard, Juliette, Le Gal, Solène, Quinio, Dorothée, Morcet, Jeff, Laviolle, Bruno, Zahar, Jean-Ralph, Bougnoux, Marie-Elisabeth
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.02.2022
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Child, Preschool; COVID-19; Humans; Intensive Care Units; Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Aspergillosis; Respiration, Artificial; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2

Patients with severe COVID-19 have emerged as a population at high risk of invasive fungal infections (IFIs). However, to our knowledge, the prevalence of IFIs has not yet been assessed in large populations of mechanically ventilated patients. We aimed to identify the prevalence, risk factors, and m...