Mucormycosis infection in severe COVID‐19 patient with multiple underlying health conditions

Zahra Heydarifard; Moslem Safaei; Sevrin Zadheidar; Soroush Ehsan; Nazanin Zahra Shafiei‐Jandaghi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5009

Clinical Case Reports (Oct 2021)

Mucormycosis infection in severe COVID‐19 patient with multiple underlying health conditions

Zahra Heydarifard,
Moslem Safaei,
Sevrin Zadheidar,
Soroush Ehsan,
Nazanin Zahra Shafiei‐Jandaghi

Affiliations

Zahra Heydarifard: Virology Department School of Public Health Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Moslem Safaei: Department of Pharmacy School of Pharmacy Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science Yazd Iran
Sevrin Zadheidar: Virology Department School of Public Health Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Soroush Ehsan: Department of Neurology Valiasr Naja HospitalShahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran
Nazanin Zahra Shafiei‐Jandaghi: Virology Department School of Public Health Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.5009
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 10
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract Patients with underlying health conditions are vulnerable to invasive fungal infection following COVID‐19. It seems that uncontrolled diabetes mellitus makes patients susceptible to both severe COVID‐19 and mucormycosis.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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