Opportunistic Fungal Infection Associated With COVID-19

John Cafardi; Douglas Haas; Thomas Lamarre; Judith Feinberg

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofab016

Opportunistic Fungal Infection Associated With COVID-19

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Jan 18;8(7):ofab016. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab016. eCollection 2021 Jul.

Authors

John Cafardi¹, Douglas Haas¹, Thomas Lamarre¹, Judith Feinberg^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
² West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA.

Abstract

We report 2 cases of severe coronavirus disease 2019 requiring prolonged hospitalization complicated by the late onset of opportunistic fungal infections, histoplasmosis, and cryptococcosis.

Keywords: COVID-19; Cryptococcus; Histoplasma; pulmonary infection.

Publication types

Case Reports