Bronchoscopy is an aerosol-generating procedure and involves a high risk of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 to health care workers. There are very few indications for performing bronchoscopy in a patient with confirmed COVID-19. These include atelectasis,...
Background: Since December 2019, SARS-CoV-2 has been causing cases of severe pneumonia in China and has spread all over the world, putting great pressure on health systems. Nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) sensitivity is suboptimal. When the SARS-CoV-2 infe...
Bronchoscopy has several major diagnostic and therapeutic indications in pulmonology. However, it is an aerosol-generating procedure that places healthcare providers at an increased risk of infection. Now more than ever, during the spread of the coro...
Introduction: Flexible bronchoscopy and its new methods have revolutionized the era of the diagnosis, staging, and restaging of lung cancer. A rare late complication is post-bronchoscopy respiratory infection, but it is critical due to treatment dela...
Thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) is an epithelium-derived pro-inflammatory cytokine involved in lung inflammatory responses. Previous studies show conflicting observations in blood TSLP in COVID-19, while none report SARS-CoV-2 inducing TSLP expre...
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) presents a known risk to critically ill patients with SARS-CoV-2; quantifying the global burden of IPA in SARS-CoV-2 is extremely challenging. The true incidence of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (C...
Pulmonary coinfection involving both viral and opportunistic pathogens is an emerging challenge in immunosuppressed patients. We report the case of a 59-year-old man with rheumatoid arthritis on long-term immunosuppressive therapy who developed necro...
Background: Immunocompromised patients, particularly those with humoral immune deficiencies or receiving B-cell-targeted therapies, are at increased risk of persistent SARS-CoV-2 infection, a condition often underrecognized and lacking standardized t...
Introduction: Benign subglottic/tracheal stenosis (SG/TS) is a life-threatening condition commonly caused by prolonged endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy. Invasive mechanical ventilation was frequently used to manage severe COVID-19, resulting i...
Like severe influenza, coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) resulting in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has emerged as an important disease that predisposes patients to secondary pulmonary aspergillosis, with 35 cases of COVID-19 associated...