Researchers track deadly fungal threat in COVID ventilator patients

NCT ID NCT04818853

Summary

This study aimed to understand how often severely ill COVID-19 patients on breathing machines develop dangerous fungal lung infections. Researchers observed 219 adult patients who were on ventilators for at least 3 days, using standard tests to look for infections. The goal was to gather information on risk and outcomes, not to test a new treatment.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • The University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

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