Successful management of the first reported case in Austria of COVID-19 with ARDS

Infection. 2020 Aug;48(4):647-651. doi: 10.1007/s15010-020-01458-9. Epub 2020 Jun 13.

Abstract

We report the successful management of a patient with severe respiratory failure due to COVID-19 admitted to an intensive care unit complicated by secondary catheter-related infection of Candida glabrata. We are discussing some of the clinical challenges and the pitfalls in molecular diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2, including the fact that a positive PCR result may not always reflect infectiousness.

Keywords: ARDS; COVID-19; Candida glabrata; Candidemia; SARS-CV-2.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Austria
  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Candidemia / drug therapy*
  • Candidemia / virology
  • Coinfection / microbiology
  • Coinfection / virology
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronavirus Infections / therapy*
  • Disease Management*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Intensive Care Units
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnostic imaging
  • Pneumonia, Viral / therapy*
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome / virology*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents