ABSTRACT
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic announced by the World Health Organization in March 2020 assigned medical community to the new tasks that require immediate solutions. Recent studies have shown that invasive aspergillosis associated with COVID-19 often complicates a course of the disease and leads to death. This review aims to describe the diagnosis and therapy challenges due to COVID-19 associated invasive pulmonary aspergillosis.Copyright © 2021, Interregional Association for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.
ABSTRACT
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic announced by the World Health Organization in March 2020 assigned medical community to the new tasks that require immediate solutions. Recent studies have shown that invasive aspergillosis associated with COVID-19 often complicates a course of the disease and leads to death. This review aims to describe the diagnosis and therapy challenges due to COVID-19 associated invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. © 2021, Interregional Association for Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. All rights reserved.
ABSTRACT
The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic announced by the World Health Organization in March 2020 has brought new tasks to the medical community that require immediate solutions. Recent studies have shown that invasive aspergillosis associated with coronavirus infection caused by COVID-19 often aggravates the course of the disease and leads to death. The article presents a clinical case of acute invasive aspergillosis in a COVID-19 patient with chronic somatic pathology but no risk factors for developing invasive pulmonary aspergillosis. The disease was progressing rapidly and led to a fatal outcome. Conclusion. In the case presented, invasive pulmonary aspergillosis was diagnosed with the help of histological examination of autopsy material. © 2021 Medical Education. All rights reserved.