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. 2021 Feb 26;8(3):ofab091.
doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab091. eCollection 2021 Mar.

Invasive Aspergillosis After Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Infections Among Intensive Care Unit Patients in a Commercially Insured Population in the United States, 2013-2018

Mitsuru Toda  1 , Kaitlin Benedict  1 , Brendan R Jackson  1
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Invasive Aspergillosis After Influenza and Other Viral Respiratory Infections Among Intensive Care Unit Patients in a Commercially Insured Population in the United States, 2013-2018

Mitsuru Toda et al. Open Forum Infect Dis. .

Abstract

Influenza-associated aspergillosis (IAA) is an emerging phenomenon in intensive care unit patients with severe influenza. In a large US health insurance claims database, IAA was uncommon (0.3%) during 2013-2018. The low IAA frequency likely reflects underdiagnosis and differences in medical practices or epidemiologic differences.

Keywords: influenza; invasive aspergillosis; viral respiratory infections.

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Patients included the analysis of invasive aspergillosis in a commercially insured population in the United States, 2013–2018.
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