PMC:7646269 / 150-1364 JSONTXT 11 Projects

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Id Subject Object Predicate Lexical cue
T5 0-8 Sentence denotes Abstract
T6 10-20 Sentence denotes Background
T7 21-182 Sentence denotes Critically ill patients with coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19) are at the theoretical risk of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) due to known risk factors.
T8 184-200 Sentence denotes Patients/Methods
T9 201-327 Sentence denotes We aimed to describe the clinical features of COVID‐19‐associated pulmonary aspergillosis at a single centre in New York City.
T10 328-452 Sentence denotes We performed a retrospective chart review of all patients with COVID‐19 with Aspergillus isolated from respiratory cultures.
T11 454-461 Sentence denotes Results
T12 462-647 Sentence denotes A total of seven patients with COVID‐19 who had one or more positive respiratory cultures for Aspergillus fumigatus were identified, all of whom were mechanically ventilated in the ICU.
T13 648-694 Sentence denotes Four patients were classified as putative IPA.
T14 695-751 Sentence denotes The median age was 79 years, and all patients were male.
T15 752-828 Sentence denotes The patients had been mechanically ventilated for a mean of 6.8 days (range:
T16 829-869 Sentence denotes 1‐14 days) before Aspergillus isolation.
T17 870-930 Sentence denotes Serum galactomannan level was positive for only one patient.
T18 931-1051 Sentence denotes The majority of our cases received much higher doses of glucocorticoids than the dosage with a proven mortality benefit.
T19 1052-1075 Sentence denotes All four patients died.
T20 1077-1088 Sentence denotes Conclusions
T21 1089-1214 Sentence denotes Vigilance for secondary fungal infections will be needed to reduce adverse outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID‐19.