| Autor: |
Rodrigo, Cruz-Choappa, Peggy, Vieille, Yerko, Leiva, Melissa, Noguera, Eduardo, López |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia. 38(3) |
| ISSN: |
0717-6341 |
| Popis: |
The current pandemic due to SARS-CoV-2 has caused a high burden on health. Cases and series of invasive aspergillosis associated with COVID-19 patients (CAPA) on mechanical ventilation have been described.To describe the increase in the positivity of the galactomannan (GM) biomarker during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Fifth Region: Valparaíso.Retrospective descriptive study. The GM results in both broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) and serum and the BAL cultures that were sent to the Mycology Laboratory of the University of Valparaíso from January to September 2020 were reviewed; then they were compared with the examinations of the same period of 2019.There was a significant increase in GMs carried out in LBA during the pandemic, concentrating mainly between the months of July-September.There was a significant increase in GM carried out in LBA during the pandemic, concentrating mainly between the months of July-September. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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