Increase in the positivity of the galactomannan biomarker during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Fifth Region : Valparaíso

BACKGROUND: 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.

AIM: To describe the increase in the positivity of the galactomannan (GM) biomarker during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Fifth Region: Valparaíso.

METHOD: 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.

RESULTS: There was a significant increase in GMs carried out in LBA during the pandemic, concentrating mainly between the months of July-September.

CONCLUSIONS: There was a significant increase in GM carried out in LBA during the pandemic, concentrating mainly between the months of July-September.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia - 38(2021), 3 vom: 29. Juni, Seite 340-343

Sprache:

Spanisch

Weiterer Titel:

Aumento en la positividad del biomarcador galactomanano durante la pandemia de COVID-19 en la Quinta Región: Valparaíso

Beteiligte Personen:

Cruz-Choappa, Rodrigo [VerfasserIn]
Vieille, Peggy [VerfasserIn]
Leiva, Yerko [VerfasserIn]
Noguera, Melissa [VerfasserIn]
López, Eduardo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11078-30-1
Biomarkers
Galactomannan
Galactose
Journal Article
Mannans
X2RN3Q8DNE

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 09.09.2021

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.4067/S0716-10182021000300340

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330217356