MUCORMYCOSIS: A BRIEF INSIGHT
Author: Nikita Pal
Abstract:
Mucormycosis is a fungal infection caused by group of microorganism by phylum glomeromycota. They are
ubiquitous found in soil & decaying organic matter and can occurs through inhalation of fungal sporangiospores or
direct inoculation of fungal in mouth, eyes, mucosa or disrupted epidermis. During coivd-19 this fatal diseases can be
managed by controlling diabetes and diabetic ketoacidosis, judiciously use of steroids, use clean, sterile water for
humidifiers during oxygen therapy, use antibiotics/antifungal cautiously, discontinue immunomodulating drugs, and
monitor the patients clinically with radio-imaging response to detect the disease progression.
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