Fungal Infections in COVID-19 Patients
A special issue of Journal of Fungi (ISSN 2309-608X). This special issue belongs to the section "Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 May 2023) | Viewed by 18350
Special Issue Editors
Interests: infectious diseases; invasive aspergillosis; cryptococcosis; histoplasmosis; fungal infections in immunocompromised hosts
2. Malattie Infettive, Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Marche Nord, 60121 Pesaro, Italy
Interests: antifungal resistance; invasive candidiasis; fungal pathogenesis; invasive aspergillosis; antifungal susceptibility tests
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Invasive fungal infections have emerged as important opportunistic diseases among hospitalized subjects affected by severe COVID19. COVID-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) has been reported as the leading invasive mycoses, with an incidence ranging from 3 to 35% in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. However, such wide differences are probably related to different diagnostic criteria adopted with the difficult to separate true invasive disease from colonization. Moreover, more than 3000 cases of rhino-orbitocerebral mucormycosis (CAM) have been descibed in the literature especially in India, as well as in several other countries, suggesting the possibility of an emerging global problem. Candidemia, a frequent secondary infection among ICU-hospitalized patients, has been also increasingly observed in COVID-19 with high mortality; however, it is presently unknown if, besides well-known classical risk factors, specific risk factors for COVID-19 are responsible of its occurrence in this setting. Other invasive fungal infections (i.e., histoplasmosis, cryptococcosis, pneumocystosis, and coccidioidomycosis) have been reported, but are less well characterized among COVID-19 patients.
In this Special Issue, original research articles, reviews, systematic reviews, meta-studies, and case reports on such topics are welcome. Research areas may include the following:
- Epidemiology
- Pathogenesis
- Clinical presentation
- Diagnostic methods
- Antifungal therapy
- Autopsy findings
Prof. Dr. Spinello Antinori
Prof. Dr. Francesco Barchiesi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- aspergillosis
- mucormycosis
- cryptococcosis
- candidiasis
- pneumocystosis
- histoplasmosis
- endemic mycoses
- SARS-CoV2
- COVID-19
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