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. 2022 Sep;22(3):506-511.
doi: 10.4314/ahs.v22i3.54.

Aspergillus-specific IgM/IgG antibody serostatus of patients hospitalized with moderate-critical COVID-19 in Uganda

Felix Bongomin  1 , Richard Kwizera  2 , Emmanuel Mande  2 , Sharley Melissa Aloyo  3 , Beatrice Achan  4 , Martha Namusobya  5 , Senai Goitom Sereke  6 , Charles Batte  7 , Sarah Kiguli  8 , Joseph Baruch Baluku  5   9 , Moses L Joloba  3 , Bruce J Kirenga  7
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Aspergillus-specific IgM/IgG antibody serostatus of patients hospitalized with moderate-critical COVID-19 in Uganda

Felix Bongomin et al. Afr Health Sci. 2022 Sep.

Abstract

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis is known to complicate the coronavirus diseases-2019 (COVID-19), especially those with critical illness. We investigated the baseline anti-Aspergillus antibody serostatus of patients with moderate-critical COVID-19 hospitalized at 3 COVID-19 Treatment Units in Uganda. All 46 tested patients, mean age 30, and 11% with underlying respiratory disease had a negative serum anti-Aspergillus IgM/IgG antibody immunochromatographic test on day 3 (mean) of symptom onset (range 1-26), but follow up specimens to assess seroconversion were not available.

Keywords: COVID-19; Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis; Uganda; critical illness.

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