Table 2.

Etiology of fatal infections

n
Fatal infections 79 
Microbiologically confirmed 42 (53% of fatal infections) 
Viral 32 (41% of fatal infections) 
SARS-CoV-2 >29  
EBV 
CMV 1  
PML 
Bacterial 4 (5% of fatal infections) 
Gram-negative bacteremia 
Fungal 5 (6% of fatal infections) 
Candidemia 
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia 
Systemic mycoses 
Protozoan  
Toxoplasmosis 
Clinically diagnosed 12 (15% of fatal infections) 
Sepsis 
Pneumonia 
Etiology not reported 25 (32% of total infections) 
n
Fatal infections 79 
Microbiologically confirmed 42 (53% of fatal infections) 
Viral 32 (41% of fatal infections) 
SARS-CoV-2 >29  
EBV 
CMV 1  
PML 
Bacterial 4 (5% of fatal infections) 
Gram-negative bacteremia 
Fungal 5 (6% of fatal infections) 
Candidemia 
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia 
Systemic mycoses 
Protozoan  
Toxoplasmosis 
Clinically diagnosed 12 (15% of fatal infections) 
Sepsis 
Pneumonia 
Etiology not reported 25 (32% of total infections) 

CMV, cytomegalovirus; EBV, Epstein-Barr virus; PML, Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy; SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.

Some studies reported at least the proportion or total number of SARS-CoV-2 associated deaths, thus the acutal number may be higher.

After first-line therapy.

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