A 51-year-old man with advanced lung cancer underwent chemotherapy including an immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI). Subsequently, he developed ICI-related pneumonitis and colitis, followed by a ten-month treatment course of high doses of steroids. An infection with the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSecondary fungal infections are a critical problem that accompany immunosuppressive therapy for severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We report a fatal case of COVID-19 with disseminated mucormycosis diagnosed during autopsy. A 58-year-old man with diabetes was hospitalized for severe COVID-19 and treated with remdesivir, systemic steroids and tocilizumab.
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