Covid-19-Associated Mucormycosis: Histopathology of the Deadly Fungal Infection
Nidhi Anand,
Pallavi Srivastava,
Ashish Chandra Agrawal
et al.
Abstract:Introduction Many patients suffered from rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in India. Diabetes is a known risk factor of COVID-19 infection and mucormycosis.
Objective The present study was done to describe the clinical spectrum and histopathological findings of mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients and their outcomes.
Methods A cross-sectional study was done over a period of two and half months. The biopsy samples or scrapings from sinon… Show more
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