• Ravi Karan Patti, Nishil R Dalsania, Navjot Somal, Ankur Sinha, Sanwal Mehta, Monica Ghitan, Chanaka Seneviratne, and Yizhak Kupfer.
• Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
• J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 2020 Jan 1; 8: 2324709620966475.

AbstractSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 infection (SARS-CoV-2), commonly known as COVID-19 (coronavirus disease-2019), began in the Wuhan District of Hubei Province, China. It is regarded as one of the worst pandemics, which has consumed both human lives and the world economy. COVID-19 infection mainly affects the lungs triggering severe hypoxemic respiratory failure, also providing a nidus for superimposed bacterial and fungal infections. We report the case of a 73-year-old male who presented with progressive dyspnea; diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2-related severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and complicated with lung cavitations growing Aspergillus sp. COVID-19, to our knowledge, has rarely been associated with subacute invasive pulmonary aspergillosis with aspergillomas. Subacute invasive pulmonary aspergillosis as a superimposed infection in patients with SARS-CoV-2 is a rare entity. By reporting this case, we would like to make the readers aware of this association.

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