Introduction
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), which appeared in China
in late 2019. Several opportunistic infections
as Aspergillus spp. , Candida spp. , Cryptococcus
neoformans , Pneumocystis jiroveci (carinii ),
mucormycosis, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Herpes simplex
virus (HSV), Strongyloides stercoralis, Mycobacterium
tuberculosis, and Toxoplasma gondii have been identified
following severe respiratory viral infections in COVID-19 patients (1,
2). Especially the incidence of fungal infections is high (3).