Risk factors, mortality, and predictors of survival in COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis : a multicentre retrospective study from India

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OBJECTIVES: To compare COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis (CAPM) with COVID-19-associated rhino-orbital mucormycosis (CAROM), ascertain factors associated with CAPM among patients with COVID-19, and identify factors associated with 12-week mortality in CAPM.

METHODS: We performed a retrospective multicentre cohort study. All study participants had COVID-19. We enrolled CAPM, CAROM, and COVID-19 subjects without mucormycosis (controls; age-matched). We collected information on demography, predisposing factors, and details of COVID-19 illness. Univariable analysis was used to compare CAPM and CAROM. We used multivariable logistic regression to evaluate factors associated with CAPM (with hypoxemia during COVID-19 as the primary exposure) and at 12-week mortality.

RESULTS: We included 1724 cases (CAPM [n = 122], CAROM [n = 1602]) and 3911 controls. Male sex, renal transplantation, multimorbidity, neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio, intensive care admission, and cumulative glucocorticoid dose for COVID-19 were significantly higher in CAPM than in CAROM. On multivariable analysis, COVID-19-related hypoxemia (aOR, 2.384; 95% CI, 1.209-4.700), male sex, rural residence, diabetes mellitus, serum C-reactive protein, glucocorticoid, and zinc use during COVID-19 were independently associated with CAPM. CAPM reported a higher 12-week mortality than CAROM (56 of the 107 [52.3%] vs. 413 of the 1356 [30.5%]; p = 0.0001). Hypoxemia during COVID-19 (aOR [95% CI], 3.70 [1.34-10.25]) and Aspergillus co-infection (aOR [95% CI], 5.40 [1.23-23.64]) were independently associated with mortality in CAPM, whereas surgery was associated with better survival.

DISCUSSION: CAPM is a distinct entity with a higher mortality than CAROM. Hypoxemia during COVID-19 illness is associated with CAPM. COVID-19 hypoxemia and Aspergillus co-infection were associated with higher mortality in CAPM.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 30(2024), 3 vom: 15. Feb., Seite 368-374

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Muthu, Valliappan [VerfasserIn]
Agarwal, Ritesh [VerfasserIn]
Rudramurthy, Shivaprakash Mandya [VerfasserIn]
Thangaraju, Deepak [VerfasserIn]
Shevkani, Manoj Radhakishan [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Atul K [VerfasserIn]
Shastri, Prakash Srinivas [VerfasserIn]
Tayade, Ashwini [VerfasserIn]
Bhandari, Sudhir [VerfasserIn]
Gella, Vishwanath [VerfasserIn]
Savio, Jayanthi [VerfasserIn]
Madan, Surabhi [VerfasserIn]
Hallur, Vinaykumar [VerfasserIn]
Maturu, Venkata Nagarjuna [VerfasserIn]
Srinivasan, Arjun [VerfasserIn]
Sethuraman, Nandini [VerfasserIn]
Singh Sibia, Raminder Pal [VerfasserIn]
Pujari, Sanjay [VerfasserIn]
Mehta, Ravindra [VerfasserIn]
Singhal, Tanu [VerfasserIn]
Saxena, Puneet [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Varsha [VerfasserIn]
Nagvekar, Vasant [VerfasserIn]
Prayag, Parikshit [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Dharmesh [VerfasserIn]
Xess, Immaculata [VerfasserIn]
Savaj, Pratik [VerfasserIn]
Sehgal, Inderpaul Singh [VerfasserIn]
Panda, Naresh [VerfasserIn]
Rajagopal, Gayathri Devi [VerfasserIn]
Parwani, Riya Sandeep [VerfasserIn]
Patel, Kamlesh [VerfasserIn]
Deshmukh, Anuradha [VerfasserIn]
Vyas, Aruna [VerfasserIn]
Gandra, Raghava Rao [VerfasserIn]
Sistla, Srinivas Kishore [VerfasserIn]
Padaki, Priyadarshini A [VerfasserIn]
Ramar, Dharshni [VerfasserIn]
Sarkar, Saurav [VerfasserIn]
Rachagulla, Bharani [VerfasserIn]
Vallandaramam, Pattabhiraman [VerfasserIn]
Premachandran, Krishna Prabha [VerfasserIn]
Pawar, Sunil [VerfasserIn]
Gugale, Piyush [VerfasserIn]
Hosamani, Pradeep [VerfasserIn]
Dutt, Sunil Narayan [VerfasserIn]
Nair, Satish [VerfasserIn]
Kalpakkam, Hariprasad [VerfasserIn]
Badhwar, Sanjiv [VerfasserIn]
Kompella, Kiran Kumar [VerfasserIn]
Singla, Nidhi [VerfasserIn]
Navlakhe, Milind [VerfasserIn]
Prayag, Amrita [VerfasserIn]
Singh, Gagandeep [VerfasserIn]
Dhakecha, Poorvesh [VerfasserIn]
Chakrabarti, Arunaloke [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aspergillus
CAPA
Fungal pneumonia
Glucocorticoids
Invasive fungal infection
Invasive mould infection
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Rhizopus
Steroids

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Date Completed 20.02.2024

Date Revised 20.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.cmi.2023.12.006

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NLM365721816