Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients with Hantavirus Infection, Austria

Overview

Journal Emerg Infect Dis

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2024 May 23

PMID 38782377

Authors

Stefan Hatzl

Laura Scholz

Florian Posch

Philipp Eller

Alexander C Reisinger

Martin Zacharias

Gregor Gorkiewicz

Martin Hoenigl

Ines Zollner-Schwetz

Robert Krause

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Abstract

We investigated a cohort of 370 patients in Austria with hantavirus infections (7.8% ICU admission rate) and detected 2 cases (cumulative incidence 7%) of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; 1 patient died. Hantavirus-associated pulmonary aspergillosis may complicate the course of critically ill patients who have hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome.

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