Case Series on Covid Associated Mucormycosis

Mucormycosis is a rare fungal infection. The rapid increase in the number of cases of mucormycosis during the second wave of covid lead to a new entity called Covid Associated Mucormycosis (CAM). In this case series we discuss 7 cases of CAM who presented to our hospital during the second wave of Covid. We describe their clinical features, investigations, treatment, complications and follow up. Male: Female ratio was 4:3. Mean age of presentation was 57.85. The average time of presentation of symptoms of mucormycosis after covid was 2 weeks. All of them were diabetic. Three of them had cerebral involvement. All of them underwent surgical debridement fol-lowed by antifungal therapy. The mortality rate in our study is 42.86 percentage which is compared with other studies in literature. This is the first study of its kind from a government hospital in Kerala