Taskforce report on the diagnosis and clinical management of COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis.
Paul E VerweijRoger J M BrüggemannElie AzoulayMatteo BassettiStijn I BlotJochem B BuilCharlotte ThéroudeTom M ChillerCornelius J ClancyOliver Andreas CornelyPieter DepuydtPhilipp KöhlerKatrien LagrouDylan W de LangeCornelia Lass-FlörlRussell E LewisOlivier LortholaryPeter Wei-Lun LiuJohan A MaertensM Hong NguyenThomas F PattersonBart J A RijndersAlejandro RodríguezThomas R RogersJeroen A SchoutenJoost WautersFrank L van de VeerdonkIgnacio Martín-LoechesPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2021)
CAPA is a complex disease involving a continuum of respiratory colonization, tissue invasion and angioinvasive disease. Knowledge gaps including true epidemiology, optimal diagnostic work-up, management strategies and role of host-directed therapy require further study.