Aspergillus colonisation in severe community-acquired pneumonia: not just a mere colonisation

Valentin Pineau; Adrien Guilloteau; Christine Binquet; Jean-Pierre Quenot; Belaid Bouhemad; Philippe Bonniaud; Frederic Dalle; Lionel Piroth; Stéphane Valot; Mathieu Blot

doi:10.1183/23120541.00221-2023

Aspergillus colonisation in severe community-acquired pneumonia: not just a mere colonisation

ERJ Open Res. 2023 Sep 11;9(5):00221-2023. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00221-2023. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Authors

Valentin Pineau¹, Adrien Guilloteau², Christine Binquet^{3

4}, Jean-Pierre Quenot^{3

4

5

6}, Belaid Bouhemad^{6

5}, Philippe Bonniaud^{7

8}, Frederic Dalle⁹, Lionel Piroth^{1

3

4}, Stéphane Valot⁹, Mathieu Blot^{1

3

4

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France.
² Côte d'Or Hemopathy Registry, Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France.
³ CHU Dijon-Bourgogne, INSERM, Université de Bourgogne, CIC 1432, Module Épidémiologie Clinique, Dijon, France.
⁴ LabEx LipSTIC, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France.
⁵ Department of Intensive Care, Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France.
⁶ Lipness Team, INSERM Research Centre LNC-UMR1231 and LabEx LipSTIC, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France.
⁷ Pulmonary Medicine and Intensive Care Unit, Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France.
⁸ HSPpathies Team, INSERM Research Centre LNC-UMR1231 and LabEx LipSTIC, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France.
⁹ Parasitology-Mycology Laboratory, Biology Platform, Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, Dijon, France.

Abstract

In patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia, detection of Aspergillus is associated with a mortality rate surpassing 50%, irrespective of whether it is defined as invasion or colonisation https://bit.ly/46PMk1f.