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Review
. 2021 Nov;28(11):6461-6464.
doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.07.004. Epub 2021 Jul 10.

Post-Covid alliance-mucormycosis, a fatal sequel to the pandemic in India

Manjusha Nambiar  1 , Sudhir Rama Varma  2   3 , Marah Damdoum  2
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Review

Post-Covid alliance-mucormycosis, a fatal sequel to the pandemic in India

Manjusha Nambiar et al. Saudi J Biol Sci. 2021 Nov.

Abstract

As the battle against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic is still continuing worldwide, several complications are being reported in patients who have recovered post-covid. One such lethal complication being reported in patients in India in recent times, who have tested positive for Covid-19 and are gradually recovering, is a fungal disease called Mucormycosis or the black fungus. With several hundreds of cases being reported all over the country, it has triggered an additional wave of panic among the general public. Post-Covid-19 patients who are more vulnerable to Mucormycosis are those with a history of poorly controlled diabetes mellitus and also those who are immuno-compromised and have been treated with steroids and other drugs for Covid-19. The aim of this short review is to briefly cover the epidemiology of mucormycosis, its possible pathophysiology in Post Covid scenario, the clinical presentation and its diagnosis and management.

Keywords: Black fungus; COVID-19; Mucormycosis; Post Covid 19; Rhinoorbitocerebral mucormycosis; Zygomycosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Number of Post Covid Mucormycosis cases reported in India as of 17 May 2021.
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