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Brain Death Induction in Mice Using Intra-Arterial Blood Pressure Monitoring and Ventilation via Tracheostomy
Published on: April 17, 2020
[Brain death due to neuroaspergillosis in a patient with COVID-19]
C G Videla1, M Agustina1, P X de la Iglesia Niveyro2
1Adult Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
Co-infections between SARS-CoV-2 and other pathogens is an important consideration for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. Aspergillus infections are part of this consideration since they present high morbidity and mortality. We present the case of a patient with COVID-19 and Aspergillus Fumigatus coinfection that evolves with brain death due to multiple heterogeneous lesions in the brain, which after a post-mortem biopsy found pathological lesions compatible with Aspergillus.
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