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Common fungus emerges as threat to hospitalized COVID-19 patients

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Aspergillus can be deadly if they enter the lungs of a person with a compromised immune system—or a COVID-19 infection. By Nathaniel ScharpingScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Heising-Simons Foundation.COVID-19 brings thousands of people into hospitals every day—but their coronavirus infections are not always the direct reason they die.

Dangerous secondary infections by opportunistic pathogens are common in intensive care units, and physicians are raising the alarm about a particular microbial threat to COVID-19 patients: a common fungus known as Aspergillus.Emerging evidence suggests that infection with SARS-CoV-2—and possibly the drugs used to treat it—makes COVID-19 patients especially vulnerable to Aspergillus.

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