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. 2021 Sep 6:54:e04102021.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0410-2021. eCollection 2021.

COVID-19 associated Mucormycosis (CAM): Should Brazil be on alert?

Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias  1   2 , Lisandra Serra Damasceno  2   3 , Silviane Praciano Bandeira  4 , Francisca Kalline de Almeida Barreto  3 , Terezinha do Menino Jesus Silva Leitão  2   3 , Luciano Pamplona de Góes Cavalcanti  3   4   5
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COVID-19 associated Mucormycosis (CAM): Should Brazil be on alert?

Luís Arthur Brasil Gadelha Farias et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .
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FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. Broad and coenocytic hyphae in paranasal sinus content biopsy (Gomori methenamine silver - 1000x).
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  • Multicenter Epidemiologic Study of Coronavirus Disease-Associated Mucormycosis, India.
    Patel A, Agarwal R, Rudramurthy SM, Shevkani M, Xess I, Sharma R, Savio J, Sethuraman N, Madan S, Shastri P, Thangaraju D, Marak R, Tadepalli K, Savaj P, Sunavala A, Gupta N, Singhal T, Muthu V, Chakrabarti A; MucoCovi Network3. Patel A, et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021 Sep;27(9):2349-2359. doi: 10.3201/eid2709.210934. Epub 2021 Jun 4. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021. PMID: 34087089 Free PMC article.

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