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. 2021 Jun;82(6):276-316.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.02.020. Epub 2021 Feb 18.

A retrospective multicenter analysis of candidaemia among COVID-19 patients during the first UK pandemic wave

Sarah Denny  1 , Alireza Abdolrasouli  2 , Tamador Elamin  3 , Ximena Gonzalo  4 , Esmita Charani  2 , Aatish Patel  5 , Hugo Donaldson  6 , Stephen Hughes  5 , Darius Armstrong-James  7 , Luke Sp Moore  8 , Nabeela Mughal  8
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A retrospective multicenter analysis of candidaemia among COVID-19 patients during the first UK pandemic wave

Sarah Denny et al. J Infect. 2021 Jun.
No abstract available

Keywords: Candidaemia; Coronavirus; Microbiology; SARS-CoV-2.

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Conflict of interest statement

Declaration of Competing Interest EC has been paid for consultancy fees by bioMerieux. SH reports personal fees from Pfizer and Shionogi. DAJ holds share options in Pulmocide Ltd and has received research grants from Pulmocide Ltd, Gilead Sciences, Astellas and Pfizer. He has received speaker and consultancy fees from Astra-Zeneca, Pfizer, Gilead, and Astellas. LSPM has consulted for DNAelectronics (2015–18), Dairy Crest (2017–2018), Umovis Lab (2020), bioMerieux (2013–2020), received speaker fees from Profile Pharma (2018) and Pfizer (2018–2020), received research grants from the National Institute for Health Research (2013–2020), CW+ Charity (2018–2020), and Leo Pharma (2016), and received educational support from Eumedica (2016–2018). NM has received speaker fees from Beyer (2016) and Pfizer (2019) and received educational support from Eumedica (2016) and Baxter (2017). All other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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  • Co-infection of chlamydia pneumoniae and mycoplasma pneumoniae with SARS-CoV-2 is associated with more severe features.
    De Francesco MA, Poiesi C, Gargiulo F, Bonfanti C, Pollara P, Fiorentini S, Caccuri F, Carta V, Mangeri L, Pellizzeri S, Rizzoni D, Malerba P, Salvetti M, Muiesan ML, Alberici F, Scolari F, Pilotto A, Padovani A, Bezzi M, Chiappini R, Ricci C, Castellano M, Berlendis M, Savio G, Montani G, Ronconi M, Bove S, Focà E, Tomasoni L, Castelli F, Rossini A, Inciardi R, Metra M, Caruso A. De Francesco MA, et al. J Infect. 2021 Apr;82(4):e4-e7. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2021.01.009. Epub 2021 Jan 19. J Infect. 2021. PMID: 33482238 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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