Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2021 Dec;69(12):3728-3733.
doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1316_21.

Mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients

Natarajan Sundaram  1 , Tejas Bhende  1 , Runali Yashwant  1 , Siddhita Jadhav  1 , Astha Jain  1
Affiliations
Review

Mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients

Natarajan Sundaram et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021 Dec.

Abstract

Mucormycosis, commonly known as 'Black Fungus' which was then a rare fungal infection, has suddenly come to light post the COVID-19- pandemic, more so during the second wave in India. It thus becomes important not only for the medical fraternity but also the general population to build awareness about the same. The present review will focus on the pathophysiology, etiology, outcomes of some case studies, and current treatment methods of mucormycosis infection. Major focus of the current article is on rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis. All the studies included in the present review article was extracted from the PubMed database.

Keywords: COVID-19; Corticosteroids; diabetes; hyperglycemia; immunosuppression; ketoacidosis; mucormycosis; rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

None

References

    1. Nishanth DG, Anitha DN, Babu DNA, Malathi DL. Mucormycosis - A review. Eur J Mol Clin Med. 2020;7:1786–91.
    1. Veisi A, Bagheri A, Eshaghi M, Rikhtehgar MH, Rezaei Kanavi M, Farjad R. Rhino-orbital mucormycosis during steroid therapy in COVID-19 patients: A case report. Eur J Ophthalmol. 2021 11206721211009450. doi: 10.1177/11206721211009450. Online ahead of print. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Hartnett KP, Jackson BR, Perkins KM, Glowicz J, Kerins JL, Black SR, et al. A guide to investigating suspected outbreaks of mucormycosis in healthcare. J Fungi (Basel) 2019;5:69. - PMC - PubMed
    1. Ajith Kumar AK, Gupta V. StatPearls. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2021. Rhino-orbital cerebral mucormycosis. - PubMed
    1. Maini A, Tomar G, Khanna D, Kini Y, Mehta H, Bhagyasree V. Sino-orbital mucormycosis in a COVID-19 patient: A case report. Int J Surg Case Rep. 2021;82:105957. - PMC - PubMed