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Editorial
. 2020 Oct 23;71(7):1764-1767.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa010.

Influenza-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Local or Global Lethal Combination?

Bart J A Rijnders  1 , Alexander F A D Schauwvlieghe  1   2 , Joost Wauters  3
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Editorial

Influenza-Associated Pulmonary Aspergillosis: A Local or Global Lethal Combination?

Bart J A Rijnders et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
No abstract available

Keywords: aspergillus; incidence; influenza; intensive care; invasive aspergillosis.

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Figure 1.
A, Kaplan–Meier 90-day survival function of the influenza cohort. B, Forest plot showing Cox regression analysis. Corticosteroid therapy before ICU admission means that the patients received CS in the 4 weeks preceding ICU admission. Immunocompromised means that the patient has a host factor as defined by the EORTC/MSG criteria [12]. Abbreviations: CS, corticosteroids; EORTC/MSG, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer/Invasive Fungal Infections Cooperative Group and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Mycoses Study Group; excl., excluding; IAPA, influenza-associated aspergillosis; ICU, intensive care unit.
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