Covid-19-Associated Mucormycosis: Histopathology of the Deadly Fungal Infection

Nidhi Anand; Pallavi Srivastava; Ashish Chandra Agrawal; Nikhil Gupta; Anupam Das; Nuzhat Husain

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1776729

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology (Apr 2024)

Covid-19-Associated Mucormycosis: Histopathology of the Deadly Fungal Infection

Nidhi Anand,
Pallavi Srivastava,
Ashish Chandra Agrawal,
Nikhil Gupta,
Anupam Das,
Nuzhat Husain

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Nidhi Anand: ORCiD; Department of Pathology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Pallavi Srivastava: ORCiD; Department of Pathology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Ashish Chandra Agrawal: ORCiD; ENT Department, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nikhil Gupta: ORCiD; Department of General Medicine, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Anupam Das: ORCiD; Department of Microbiology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Nuzhat Husain: ORCiD; Department of Pathology, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1776729
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 28, no. 02
pp. e240 – e246

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Introduction Many patients suffered from rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in India. Diabetes is a known risk factor of COVID-19 infection and mucormycosis.

Published in International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology

ISSN: 1809-9777 (Print); 1809-4864 (Online)
Publisher: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda.
Country of publisher: Brazil
LCC subjects: Medicine: Otorhinolaryngology
Website: https://lp.thieme.de/journals/international-archives-of-otorhinolaryngology/1809-9777

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