Fungal Infections More Deadly When COVID’s Involved, CDC Finds
Mortality rates among patients hospitalized for COVID-associated fungal infections were significantly higher compared with pandemic-era fungal infections not linked with the virus, according to data from the CDC.
From 2020 to 2021, the mortality rate for in-hospital COVID-associated fungal infections was 48.5% compared with 12.3% for non-COVID-associated fungal infections (P<0.01), reported Jeremy Gold, MD, MS, of the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues. … [read more]
