COVID-19 AND MUCORMYCOSIS: A SHORT REPORT FROM INDIA
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2021-12
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Era's Lucknow Medical College & Hospital, Lucknow
Abstract
Many complications and symptoms were documented on COVID-19 patients in the second-phase of the COVID-19 outbreak in India. Patients with COVID-19 are already of increased risk of pulmonary embolism (PE), acute cardiac injury (ACI), arrhythmias, and a variety of additional consequences such as altered mental status and proptosis. Mucormycosis, a fungal infection produced by a type of moulds known as mucormycetes, was discovered in a COVID-19 patient. It is a very rare and serious fungal infection (Black Fungus). Mucormycosis, one of the most rapidly spreading infections in COVID-19 patients, has been recorded in 11,717 cases in India. Molds dwell in the environment and primarily affect people who have a weak immune system. Inhaling pathogenic organisms from the air usually causes it to harm the sinuses and lungs. COVID-19 individuals have immunosuppressive with significant drop in CD4+T and CD8+T cells, in addition to alveoli damage and severe pulmonary inflammation. As a result, severely ill-patients, particularly those sent in the intensive-care-unit (ICU) and requiring mechanical ventilation, or those with extended hospital stays 40 to 50 days were more susceptible to mucormycosis. Further, it is crucial to find out that COVID-19 patients especially the ones who are severely ill resulting in weaker immune system can further develop a fungal infection during the middle and or latter stages of COVID-19.
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Mucormycosis, COVID-19, Infection, India.
Citation
Fatima G, Parvez S, Raza AM, Fedacko J, Hadi NR. COVID-19 AND MUCORMYCOSIS: A SHORT REPORT FROM INDIA. Era's Journal of Medical Research. 2021 Dec; 8(2): 204-208