CXCL8 and COVID-19: The univariate analysis of our study showed that CAPA patients had higher IL-6 levels, higher IL-8 levels, and lower lymphocyte counts, suggesting that COVID-19 patients might have intensive cytokine storm and the virus may destroy the body’s immune cells, resulting in low immunity and much more susceptibility to fungi (Calderón-Parra et al., 2022a; Ao et al., 2023).