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. 2021 Aug 23;22(3):327–346. doi: 10.1007/s10238-021-00751-7

Table 3.

Opportunistic infections in COVID-19 patients who received immunosuppressive therapying

Agents Opportunistic infections
Corticosteroids

Aspergillosis [31, 88]

Candidiasis [43]

Mucormycosis [60]

Cryptococcosis [24, 65, 7173]

Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) pneumonia [76, 81, 88, 89]

Histoplasma capsulatum [95, 96, 98]

Coccidioides immitis [101, 102]

Strongyloidiasis [175, 176]

CMV [130, 132, 135, 136]

HSV [143]

IL-6 blocker (Tocilizumab)

Cryptococcosis [24, 65, 7173]

Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii) pneumonia [88]

Aspergillosis [88]

Strongyloidiasis: [175]

CMV: [135]

HSV: [143]