Coronavirus Disease-19-associated Mucormycosis: A Single-center Observational Study of 69 Patients
Rhino-orbital-cerebral, rhino-orbital, and sinonasal were the most common presentations in cases of mucormycosis, with a mortality rate of 26.1%. COVID-19 coinfection predisposes patients with mucormycosis to severe disease with higher mortality.
Authors
- Dhirendra Yadav (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1864-7825)
- Desma D'souza
- Swati Chavan
- Rupal Nilesh Padhiyar
- Niteen D Karnik
- Chaya A. Kumar
Institutions
- Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the Association of Physicians of India
- Published
- 2024-10-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.59556/japi.72.0684
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Antifungal resistance and susceptibility
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39