A case of COVID-19 triggered Rhino-Orbital Pulmonary Mucormycosis in Central India

Chandra Singh Rathore, Shirin Ansari, T. Bajpai
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Abstract

Mucormycosis is a rare but fatal, invasive opportunistic fungal infection generally described among immunocompromised individuals. The ongoing pandemic coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 has severely compromised the immune system of patients thereby making them vulnerable to mucormycosis, especially when they are lined up with associated comorbidities. Here, we present a case of one such 64-year-old male patient being on corticosteroids and a case of long-standing diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease. COVID-19 triggered the mucormycosis in this patient thereby leading to a condition we have described as rhino-orbital pulmonary mucormycosis.
印度中部一例COVID-19引发的鼻-眶肺毛霉菌病
毛霉病是一种罕见但致命的侵袭性机会性真菌感染,通常发生在免疫功能低下的个体中。由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒-2引起的持续大流行冠状病毒病-19 (COVID-19)严重损害了患者的免疫系统,从而使他们容易感染毛霉菌病,特别是当他们伴有相关合并症时。在这里,我们提出一个这样的病例,64岁的男性患者正在使用皮质类固醇和一个长期糖尿病和慢性肾脏疾病的病例。COVID-19引发了该患者的毛霉菌病,从而导致了我们所描述的鼻-眶肺毛霉菌病。
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