Publication date: Jul 21, 2025
Following the complete relaxation of COVID-19 epidemic control measures in China by the end of 2022, the number of patients with pulmonary mycosis admitted to hospitals across the country has exhibited a more pronounced upward trend. However, statistical data is lacking to determine whether there is a significant correlation between COVID-19 and pulmonary mycosis. This study collected baseline information, the first laboratory indicators after admission, the types of pathogens, and the prognosis data of patients with pulmonary fungal infections from a tertiary hospital in northern Anhui Province from January 1, 2017, to December 31, 2023, to reveal any association between COVID-19 infection and pulmonary fungal infections. The research results indicated that the G and GM test levels of patients who recovered from COVID-19 and those currently experiencing active infection with COVID-19 were significantly higher than those of patients with pulmonary fungal infections who had never been infected with COVID-19. Infection with COVID-19 and other viruses (excluding COVID-19), mechanical ventilation, and concurrent solid tumors were identified as independent risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with pulmonary fungal diseases. Among patients with viral infections, COVID-19 infection was the most common, with 25 cases (41. 67%), followed by herpes simplex virus infection, with 15 cases (25. 00%).
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| China | prognostic risk factors |
| Fungal | pulmonary mycosis |
| Hospitals | |
| Viral |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
| disease | IDO | country |
| disease | MESH | pulmonary fungal infections |
| disease | MESH | infection |
| disease | MESH | tumors |
| disease | MESH | viral infections |
| disease | MESH | herpes simplex virus infection |
| disease | MESH | Long Covid |