High Incidence of Candidemia in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients Supported by Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Retrospective Study.

Francesco Alessandri Giancarlo Ceccarelli Giuseppe Migliara Valentina Baccolini Alessandro Russo Carolina MarzuilloMariateresa CeparanoGiovanni GiordanoPierfrancesco TozziGioacchino Galardo Giammarco Raponi Claudio Maria Mastroianni Mario Venditti Francesco Pugliese Gabriella d'Ettorre

Published in: Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

This study confirms that the incidence of candidemia was significantly higher in critically ill COVID-19 patients supported with VV-ECMO than in critically ill COVID patients who did not meet criteria for VV-ECMO.

Keyphrases

extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
sars cov
acute respiratory distress syndrome
respiratory failure
risk factors
coronavirus disease
mechanical ventilation
respiratory syndrome coronavirus
intensive care unit