Isolation of Rhizopus microsporus and Lichtheimia corymbifera from tracheal aspirates of two immunocompetent critically ill patients with COVID-19

Isolation of Rhizopus microsporus and Lichtheimia corymbifera from tracheal aspirates of two immunocompetent critically ill patients with COVID-19

We describe two fatal cases of COVID-19 in which Rhizopus microsporus and Lichtheimia corymbifera were cultured from endotracheal aspirate samples. Both patients had no underlying comorbidities other than obesity. Despite antifungal therapy, both cases developed septic shock and progressive refracto...

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Main Authors: Oscar Fernández-García, Lorena Guerrero-Torres, Carla M. Roman-Montes, Andrea Rangel-Cordero, Areli Martínez-Gamboa, Alfredo Ponce-de-Leon, María F. Gonzalez-Lara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Medical Mycology Case Reports
Subjects:
Mucormycosis
Zygomycosis
Fungal invasive infection
COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211753921000415

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