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Case Reports
. 2021 Jan 30;13(1):e13004.
doi: 10.7759/cureus.13004.

Coronavirus Disease-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Devastating Complication of COVID-19

Adeel Nasrullah  1 , Anam Javed  1 , Khalid Malik  2
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Coronavirus Disease-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Devastating Complication of COVID-19

Adeel Nasrullah et al. Cureus. .

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) has affected more than ninety-three million people worldwide till January 2021. COVID-19 can cause a destructive dysregulated immune response which can result in numerous complications such as kidney failure, myocarditis, and strokes. A new entity called coronavirus disease-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) has emerged in recent times. The literature on CAPA is limited. We present a case of CAPA in an immunocompetent patient who was placed on veno-venous extra-corporeal membranous oxygen (VV-ECMO). We briefly explained pathophysiology, clinical presentations, and management of CAPA in this report.

Keywords: corona virus disease 2019 (covid-19); immuno-competent; invasive aspergillosis; vv-ecmo.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Figure 1
Figure 1. Posterior-anterior view of chest X-ray (CXR) at admission (A) and at the diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis (B)
CXR on the left (A) shows bilateral patchy infiltrates as marked by white arrows, while CXR on the right (B) shows dense multilobar patchy consolidations marked by white arrows.
Figure 2
Figure 2. CT chest shows multilobar diffuse consolidations as marked by black arrows
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