Elevated Rates of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and COVID-19 Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients with SARS-CoV2 Infection in the Second Wave: A Retrospective Chart Review

• Main Authors: Sean Boyd (Author), Kai Sheng Loh (Author), Jessie Lynch (Author), Dhari Alrashed (Author), Saad Muzzammil (Author), Hannah Marsh (Author), Mustafa Masoud (Author), Salman Bin Ihsan (Author), Ignacio Martin-Loeches (Author)
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• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Due to multiple risk factors, the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill COVID-19 patients has been reported in a range of 7.6% to 86%. The rate of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in this cohort has been reported at 4% to 30%. We undertook a retrospective chart review of 276 pati...