Global prevalence, mortality, and main risk factors for COVID-19 associated pneumocystosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Published in: Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine
• Main Authors: Hossein Khodadadi, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Sanam Nami, Rasoul Mohammadi, Hanieh Hosseini, Mahsa Behravan, Hamid Morovati
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2022
• Subjects: coronavirus disease 19; covid-19; sars-cov-2; pneumocystis pneumonia (pcp); covid-associated infections; prevalence; odds ratio; risk factors; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Laird
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4103/1995-7645.359784; https://doaj.org/article/dea029c53e8e447a90fa27eb786c1573

Objective: Pneumocystis pneumonia (PcP) is a life-threatening infection caused by the opportunistic fungi Pneumocystis jirovecii. The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the focus of attention of health policymakers on these two infections due to their clinical and paraclinical similarities, w...