Impact of negative air pressure in ICU rooms on the risk of pulmonary aspergillosis in COVID-19 patients

Abstract

Under normal circumstances and mainly in ICUs hosting immunocompromised patients, ICU rooms are equipped with positive air room pressure in order to protect patients against infections from the surrounding environment and particularly those due to Aspergillus fumigatus (AF). Thevissen et al. reported that the rate of influenza-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (IAPA) varied according to country and that variation in IAPA prevalence might be related to underdiagnosis due to lower use of galactomannan testing on broncho-alveolar lavage or serum in some areas [6]. Rights and permissions Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made.