Olga Kozlova, Ekaterina Burygina, Sofya Khostelidi, Olga Shadrivova, Andrey Saturnov, Denis Gusev, Aleksandr Rysev, Anatoliy Zavrazhnov, Maria Vashukova, Galina Pichugina, Mikhail Mitichkin, Sergey Kovyrshin, Tatiana Bogomolova, Yulia Borzova, Ellina Oganesyan, Natalya Vasilyeva, Nikolay Klimko, Working Group
We studied the risk factors, etiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment outcomes of COVID-19-associated invasive candidiasis (COVID-IC) in adult patients admitted to six medical facilities in St. Petersburg. (November 2020-December 2022). In this retrospective study, we included 72 patients with COVID-IC with a median age of 61 years (range 29-96), 51% of whom were women. The predisposing factors for COVID-IC were a central venous catheter (CVC) for more than 10 days (the odds ratio (OR) = 70 [15-309]), abdominal surgical treatment performed in the previous 2 weeks (OR = 8...
September 14, 2023: Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland)