Prevention of mucormycosis in COVID-19 - the need of the hour

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Superspeciality Block, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
² Retina Specialist and Director, Department of Ophthalmology, Theia Eye Care Clinic, New Delhi, India.

Comment

Pranav Ish et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Jul.

. 2021 Jul;69(7):1969.

doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1200_21.

¹ Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Superspeciality Block, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
² Retina Specialist and Director, Department of Ophthalmology, Theia Eye Care Clinic, New Delhi, India.

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