Mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients

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

• corticosteroids
• covid-19
• diabetes
• hyperglycemia
• immunosuppression
• ketoacidosis
• mucormycosis
• rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis