Bretislav Lipovy, Martin Hladik, Katerina Vyklicka, Iva Kocmanova, Martina Lengerova, Leos Kren, Michal Srnik, Jan Bohm, Petr Andrla, Petra Borilova Linhartova
Patients with burn injury and inhalation injury are highly susceptible to infectious complications, including opportunistic pathogens, due to the loss of skin cover and mucosal damage of respiratory tract as well as the disruption of homeostasis. This case report, a 34-year-old man suffered critical burns, provides the first literature description of triple-impact immunoparalysis (critical burns, inhalation injury, and SARS-CoV-2 infection), leading to a lethal multifocal infection caused by several fungi including very rare environmental representatives Metschnikowia pulcherrima and Wickerhamomyces anomalus...
April 22, 2024: Folia Microbiologica