Invasive Candidiasis Associated with Covid 19: A Review of the Literature

By Felipe Queiroga Sarmento Guerra and Joice Kelly Cordeiro de Souza

The pandemic of COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) was responsible for recording millions of deaths, having as etiologic agent SARS-CoV-2 that induces a severe inflammatory response caused by hyperresponsiveness of the immune system depressing the immunity of the individual, leaving him susceptible to co-infections. Thus, opportunistic fungi such as Candida spp. In this sense, this paper aims to perform a literature review about case reports of patients affected by COVID-19 associated with invasive infection of Candida spp.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 6205765985
• ISBN13: 9786205765982
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"