Word count: abstract 245 words,
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Title: Higher risk for influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis
(IAPA) in asthmatic patients. A Swiss multicenter cohort study on IAPA
in critically ill influenza patients.
Authors: Frederike Waldeck1 MD,
Filippo Boroli2 MD, Sandra Zingg3MD, Laura N. Walti4 MD, Pedro David
Wendel-Garcia5 MD, Anna Conen6 MD
Msc, Jean-Luc Pagani7 MD, Prof., Katia
Boggian8 MD, Madeleine Schnorf7,
Martin Siegemund9 MD, Prof., Samia
Abed-Maillard7, Marc Michot11 MD,
Yok-Ai Que12 MD, Prof., Veronika
Bättig3 MD, Noémie Suh2 MD,
Gian-Reto Kleger13 MD, Werner C.
Albrich8 MD, MSCR, Prof.8
1 Division of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology,
University hospital Schleswig Holstein, Campus Lübeck - Lübeck (Germany)
2 Division of Intensive Care, Geneva University
Hospitals - Geneva (Switzerland)
3 Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital
Epidemiology, University hospital Basel - Basel (Switzerland)
4 Division of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern
University hospital - Bern (Switzerland)
5 Institute of Intensive Care Medicine, University
Hospital Zurich - Zürich (Switzerland)
6 Division of Infectious Diseases and Infection
Prevention, Cantonal Hospital Aarau - Aarau (Switzerland)
7 Division of Intensive Care, University Hospital
Lausanne - Lausanne (Switzerland)
8 Division of Infectious Diseases and Hospital
Epidemiology, Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen - St. Gallen (Switzerland)
9 Intensive Care Unit, Department of Acute Care,
University hospital Basel - Basel (Switzerland)
10 Division of Intensive Care, Cantonal Hospital Aarau
- Aarau (Switzerland)
11 Division of Intensive Care, Cantonal Hospital Thun,
Thun (Switzerland)
12 Division of Intensive Care, Inselspital, Bern
University hospital, University of Bern - Bern (Switzerland)
13 Division of Intensive Care, Cantonal Hospital St.
Gallen - St. Gallen (Switzerland)
Corresponding author: Dr. Frederike Waldeck, MD, Division of
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University hospital
Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck,
Germany,
Frederike.waldeck@uksh.de,
ORCID: 0000-0002-1692-5521
Keywords: influenza, asthma, intensive care medicine,
influenza-associated aspergillosis, invasive aspergillosis
Running head: Beware: Risk of IAPA in asthma patients