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Mucormycosis associated with COVID-19 in two kidney transplant patients.
Arana, Carolt; Cuevas Ramírez, Rafael E; Xipell, Marc; Casals, Joaquim; Moreno, Asunción; Herrera, Sabina; Bodro, Marta; Cofan, Frederic; Diekmann, Fritz; Esforzado, Núria.
Afiliação
  • Arana C; Department of Nephrology, Fundació Puigvert, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Cuevas Ramírez RE; Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Xipell M; Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Casals J; Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Moreno A; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Herrera S; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Bodro M; Department of Infectious Diseases, Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Cofan F; Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Diekmann F; Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
  • Esforzado N; Department of Nephrology and Renal Transplantation, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Transpl Infect Dis ; 23(4): e13652, 2021 Aug.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34038014
ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) predisposes patients to bacterial and fungal superinfections due to the impairment of the immunological system. Among the associated opportunistic fungal infections, mucormycosis is one of the least frequent but with the highest mortality. We describe two cases of mucormycosis in two kidney transplant recipients, while they were hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, with rhinosinusal and musculoskeletal involvement, respectively.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transplante de Rim / COVID-19 / Mucormicose Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Transplante de Rim / COVID-19 / Mucormicose Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article