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COVID-19 associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Patients Admitted to the Intensive Care Unit: Impact of Antifungal Prophylaxis.
Mycopathologia 2024 January 14
Early after the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-pandemic, it was observed that critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) were susceptible to developing secondary fungal infections, particularly COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA). Here we report our local experience on the impact of mold active antifungal prophylaxis on CAPA occurrence in critically ill COVID-19 patients. This is a monocentric, prospective cohort study including all consecutive patients with COVID-19 associated acute respiratory failure who were admitted to our local medical ICU. Based on the treating physician's discretion, patients may have received antifungal prophylaxis or not. All patients were retrospectively characterized as having CAPA according to the 2020 ECMM/ISHAM consensus definitions. Seventy-seven patients were admitted to our medical ICU during April 2020 and May 2021 and included in the study. The majority of patients received invasive-mechanical ventilation (61%). Fifty-three patients (68.8%) received posaconazole prophylaxis. Six cases of probable CAPA were diagnosed within clinical routine management. All six cases were diagnosed in the non-prophylaxis group. The incidence of CAPA in the overall study cohort was 0.57 events per 100 ICU days and 2.20 events per 100 ICU days in the non-prophylaxis group. No difference of cumulative 84-days survival could be observed between the two groups (p = 0.115). In this monocentric cohort, application of posaconazole prophylaxis in patients with COVID-19 associated respiratory failure did significantly reduce the rate of CAPA.
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