Proven Fatal Invasive Aspergillosis in a Patient with COVID-19 and Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia

Frank van Someren Gréve; Romy du Long; Raju Talwar; Charlotte J P Beurskens; Huibertus J Voerman; Karin van Dijk

doi:10.3390/jof7030230

Proven Fatal Invasive Aspergillosis in a Patient with COVID-19 and Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia

Frank van Someren Gréve^*
, Romy du Long
, Raju Talwar
, Charlotte J P Beurskens
, Huibertus J Voerman
, Karin van Dijk

^*Corresponding author for this work

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There is increasing attention for opportunistic pathogens such as Aspergillus fumigatus complicating SARS-CoV-2 infections in the critically ill. For invasive fungal disease, establishing a clear diagnosis can be challenging due to the invasiveness of diagnostic procedures required for a proven case. Here we present one of the first proven cases of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis by positive culture of post-mortem lung biopsy.

Original language	English
Article number	230
Journal	Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland)
Volume	7
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7030230
Publication status	Published - 19 Mar 2021
Externally published	Yes

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