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Published in: Critical Care 1/2020

Open Access 01-12-2020 | Bronchoscopy | Research Letter

Clinical characteristics of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with COVID-19 in Zhejiang, China: a retrospective case series

Authors: Jie Wang, Qing Yang, Piaopiao Zhang, Jifang Sheng, Jianying Zhou, Tingting Qu

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2020

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To date, COVID-19 has been pandemic across the whole world, whereas around 20% of patients require treatment in intensive care units (ICUs) [1, 2]. However, the clinical characteristics and risk factors of IPA in patients with COVID-19 are not well defined. We collected clinical data for 104 patients with COVID-19 between January and March 2020 in the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, China. All patients were diagnosed with COVID-19 by positive PCR results. IPA was defined based on proven or probable criteria according to the revision and update of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Mycoses Study Group Education and Research Consortium [3]. All the statistical analyses were done with the SPSS software 25.0. …
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Title
Clinical characteristics of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with COVID-19 in Zhejiang, China: a retrospective case series
Authors
Jie Wang
Qing Yang
Piaopiao Zhang
Jifang Sheng
Jianying Zhou
Tingting Qu
Publication date
01-12-2020
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2020
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-020-03046-7

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