Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology (Jan 2022)

Epidemic of mucormycosis in COVID-19 pandemic: A position paper

  • Rahul Kulkarni,
  • Usha K Misra,
  • Chandrashekhar Meshram,
  • Dhanpat Kochar,
  • Manish Modi,
  • Venugopalan Y Vishnu,
  • Ravindra K Garg,
  • Nirmal Surya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/aian.AIAN_421_21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 1
pp. 7 – 10

Abstract

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During the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, there is a sudden increase in number of cases mucormycosis infection in India. This communication by the Tropical Neurology subsection expert group of the Indian Academy of Neurology (IAN) describes the clinical and diagnostic features, treatment of the disease and gives recommendations about the ways forward.

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