PubMed:32339350 JSONTXT

{"project":"LitCovid-OGER-BB","denotations":[{"id":"T1","span":{"begin":0,"end":8},"obj":"SP_7"},{"id":"T2","span":{"begin":20,"end":29},"obj":"UBERON:0002048"},{"id":"T3","span":{"begin":77,"end":88},"obj":"UBERON:0001004"},{"id":"T4","span":{"begin":121,"end":126},"obj":"NCBITaxon:10239"},{"id":"T5","span":{"begin":226,"end":237},"obj":"NCBITaxon:11118"},{"id":"T6","span":{"begin":250,"end":258},"obj":"SP_7"},{"id":"T7","span":{"begin":393,"end":401},"obj":"SP_7"},{"id":"T8","span":{"begin":520,"end":528},"obj":"SP_7"},{"id":"T9","span":{"begin":549,"end":558},"obj":"UBERON:0002048"},{"id":"T10","span":{"begin":723,"end":731},"obj":"SP_7"},{"id":"T11","span":{"begin":757,"end":766},"obj":"UBERON:0002048"},{"id":"T12","span":{"begin":793,"end":804},"obj":"UBERON:0001004"}],"namespaces":[{"prefix":"NCBITaxon","uri":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/taxonomy/"}],"text":"COVID-19 Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis.\nOBJECTIVES: Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) due to viral infection are at risk for secondary complications like invasive aspergillosis. Our study evaluates Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) associated invasive aspergillosis at a single center in Cologne, Germany.\nMETHODS: A retrospective chart review of all patients with COVID-19 ARDS admitted to the medical or surgical intensive care unit at the University Hospital of Cologne, Germany.\nRESULTS: COVID-19 associated invasive pulmonary aspergillosis was found in five of 19 consecutive critically ill patients with moderate to severe ARDS.\nCONCLUSION: Clinicians caring for patients with ARDS due to COVID-19 should consider invasive pulmonary aspergillosis and subject respiratory samples to comprehensive analysis to detect co-infection."}