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.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 971-973 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Emerging Infectious Diseases |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2010 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology (medical)
- Infectious Diseases
- Epidemiology