Table 3.
Opportunistic infections in COVID-19 patients who received immunosuppressive therapying
Agents | Opportunistic infections |
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Corticosteroids |
Candidiasis [43] Mucormycosis [60] Cryptococcosis [24, 65, 71–73] Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) pneumonia [76, 81, 88, 89] Histoplasma capsulatum [95, 96, 98] Coccidioides immitis [101, 102] HSV [143] |
IL-6 blocker (Tocilizumab) |
Cryptococcosis [24, 65, 71–73] Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) pneumonia [88] Aspergillosis [88] Strongyloidiasis: [175] CMV: [135] HSV: [143] |