Influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient on ECMO

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Med Mycol Case Rep. 2019 Dec 19;27:36-38. doi: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.010. eCollection 2020 Mar. Influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis in a patient on ECMO.

Alobaid K¹, Alfoudri H², Jeragh A³.
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1 Department of Microbiology, Mubarak Al-Kabeer Hospital, Jabriyah, 46300, Kuwait. 2 Department of Intensive Care, Adan Hospital, Hadiya, 64020, Kuwait. 3 Department of Microbiology, Adan Hospital, Hadiya, 64020, Kuwait.

Abstract

Invasive pulmonary aspsergillosis (IPA) is a well-known disease typically affecting severely immunocompromised patients. Recently, IPA has been described in a new group of patients such as those infected with influenza. In this report, we would like to present a case of pulmonary aspergillosis following influenza infection for the first time in Kuwait, and raise awareness about such unrecognized threatening co-infection.
? 2019 The Authors.


KEYWORDS:

Co-infection; ECMO; ICU; Influenza; Invasive aspergillosis

PMID: 31908911 PMCID: PMC6938955 DOI: 10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.12.010
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