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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