Incidence, risk factors and pre-emptive screening for COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis in an era of immunomodulant therapy

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PURPOSE: COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in ICU patients. We investigated the incidence of, risk factors for and potential benefit of a pre-emptive screening strategy for CAPA in ICUs in the Netherlands/Belgium during immunosuppressive COVID-19 treatment.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective, observational, multicentre study was performed from September 2020-April 2021 including patients admitted to the ICU who had undergone diagnostics for CAPA. Patients were classified based on 2020 ECMM/ISHAM consensus criteria.

RESULTS: CAPA was diagnosed in 295/1977 (14.9%) patients. Corticosteroids were administered to 97.1% of patients and interleukin-6 inhibitors (anti-IL-6) to 23.5%. EORTC/MSGERC host factors or treatment with anti-IL-6 with or without corticosteroids were not risk factors for CAPA. Ninety-day mortality was 65.3% (145/222) in patients with CAPA compared to 53.7% (176/328) without CAPA (p = 0.008). Median time from ICU admission to CAPA diagnosis was 12 days. Pre-emptive screening for CAPA was not associated with earlier diagnosis or reduced mortality compared to a reactive diagnostic strategy.

CONCLUSIONS: CAPA is an indicator of a protracted course of a COVID-19 infection. No benefit of pre-emptive screening was observed, but prospective studies comparing pre-defined strategies would be required to confirm this observation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

Journal of critical care - 76(2023) vom: 01. Aug., Seite 154272

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

van Grootveld, Rebecca [VerfasserIn]
van der Beek, Martha T [VerfasserIn]
Janssen, Nico A F [VerfasserIn]
Ergün, Mehmet [VerfasserIn]
van Dijk, Karin [VerfasserIn]
Bethlehem, Carina [VerfasserIn]
Stads, Susanne [VerfasserIn]
van Paassen, Judith [VerfasserIn]
Heunks, Leo M A [VerfasserIn]
Bouman, Catherine S C [VerfasserIn]
Reijers, Monique H E [VerfasserIn]
Brüggeman, Roger J [VerfasserIn]
van de Veerdonk, Frank L [VerfasserIn]
van Bree, Sjoerd H W [VerfasserIn]
van den Berg, Charlotte H S B [VerfasserIn]
Kuindersma, Marnix [VerfasserIn]
Wauters, Joost [VerfasserIn]
Beishuizen, Albertus [VerfasserIn]
Verweij, Paul E [VerfasserIn]
Schouten, Jeroen A [VerfasserIn]
CAPA2.0 study group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aspergillus fumigatus
CAPA
COVID-19
Intensive care unit
Invasive fungal infections
Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
SARS-CoV-2

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Date Completed 02.06.2023

Date Revised 04.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154272

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM353080489