Invasive Aspergillosis after Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 |
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| Authors: | Asma Lat Nahid Bhadelia Benjamin Miko E. Yoko Furuya George R. Thompson III |
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| Affiliation: | New York–Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA (A. Lat, N. Bhadelia, B. Miko, E. Yoko Furuya);University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California, USA (G.R. Thompson III) |
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| Abstract: | We report 2 patients with invasive aspergillosis after infection with pandemic (H1N1) 2009. Influenza viruses are known to cause immunologic defects and impair ciliary clearance. These defects, combined with high-dose corticosteroids prescribed during influenza-associated adult respiratory distress syndrome, may be novel risk factors predisposing otherwise immunocompetent patients to invasive aspergillosis. |
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| Keywords: | Invasive aspergillosis pandemic (H1N1) 2009 fungi viruses CME dispatch |
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