دورية أكاديمية

Trichosporon asahii superinfections in critically ill COVID‐19 patients overexposed to antimicrobials and corticosteroids

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Trichosporon asahii superinfections in critically ill COVID‐19 patients overexposed to antimicrobials and corticosteroids
المؤلفون: Nobrega de Almeida, João, Moreno, Lis, Francisco, Elaine Cristina, Noronha Marques, Gabriela, Mendes, Ana Verena, Barberino, Maria Goreth, Colombo, Arnaldo Lopes
المساهمون: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo, Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
المصدر: Mycoses ; volume 64, issue 8, page 817-822 ; ISSN 0933-7407 1439-0507
بيانات النشر: Wiley
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Wiley Online Library (Open Access Articles via Crossref)
الوصف: Objectives To investigate the occurrence of Trichosporon asahii fungemia among critically ill COVID‐19 patients. Methods From 1 July to 30 September 2020, cases of T asahii fungemia (TAF) in a Brazilian COVID‐19 referral centre were investigated. The epidemiology and clinical courses were detailed, along with a mycological investigation that included molecular species identification, haplotype diversity analysis and antifungal susceptibility testing. Results Five critically ill COVID‐19 patients developed TAF in the period. All five patients had common risk conditions for TAF: central venous catheter at fungemia, previous exposure to broad‐spectrum antibiotics, prior echinocandin therapy and previous prolonged corticosteroid therapy. The average time of intensive care unit hospitalisation previous to the TAF episode was 23 days. All but one patient had voriconazole therapy, and TAF 30‐day mortality was 80%. The five T asahii strains from the COVID‐19 patients belonged to 4 different haplotypes, mitigating the possibility of skin origin and cross‐transmission linking the 5 reported episodes. The antifungal susceptibility testing revealed low minimal inhibitory concentrations for azole derivatives. Conclusions Judicious prescription of antibiotics, corticosteroids and antifungals needs to be discussed in critically ill COVID‐19 patients to prevent infections by hard‐to‐treat fungi like T asahii .
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
اللغة: English
DOI: 10.1111/myc.13333
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1111/myc.13333Test
حقوق: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vorTest
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.3614198E
قاعدة البيانات: BASE