Spectrum of opportunistic fungal lung co-infections in COVID-19: What the radiologist needs to know.

Spectrum of opportunistic fungal lung co-infections in COVID-19: What the radiologist needs to know.

Author:

Nair AV, Ramanathan S, Sanghavi P, Manchikanti V, Satheesh S, Al-Heidous M, Jajodia A, Macdonald DB.

Date: 27 October 2022

Abstract:

Fungal lung co-infections associated with COVID-19 may occur in severely ill patients or those with underlying co-morbidities, and immunosuppression. The most common invasive fungal infections are caused by aspergillosis, mucormycosis, pneumocystis, cryptococcus, and candida. Radiologists integrate the clinical disease features with the CT pattern-based approach and play a crucial role in identifying these co-infections in COVID-19 to assist clinicians to make a confident diagnosis, initiate treatment and prevent complications.

Keywords: Aspergillosis; Aspergilosis; COVID-19; Candida; Criptococo; Cryptococcus; Cándida; Mucormicosis; Mucormycosis; Pneumocystis; SARS-CoV-2.

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