Letizia Cattaneo, Antonio Riccardo Buonomo, Carmine Iacovazzo, Agnese Giaccone, Riccardo Scotto, Giulio Viceconte, Simona Mercinelli, Maria Vargas, Emanuela Roscetto, Francesco Cacciatore, Paola Salvatore, Maria Rosaria Catania, Riccardo Villari, Antonio Cittadini, Ivan Gentile, Covid Federico Ii Team
Invasive fungal infections (IFIs) represent a severe complication of COVID-19, yet they are under-estimated. We conducted a retrospective analysis including all the COVID-19 patients admitted to the Infectious Diseases Unit of the Federico II University Hospital of Naples until the 1 July 2021. Among 409 patients, we reported seven cases of IFIs by Candida spp., seven of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, three of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, and one of Trichosporon asahii. None of the cases presented underlying predisposing conditions, excluding one oncohematological patient treated with rituximab...
January 6, 2023: Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland)