Pneumonia Caused by Lichtheimia Ramosa During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hubei Province, China：A Case Report and Literature Review

Abstract

BackgroundMucor infection cannot be ignored in patients with pulmonary shadowing with cavitation .This paper reports a case of mucormycosis during the COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei Province, China. Case PresentationA anesthesiology doctor was initially diagnosed as COVID-19 due to changes in lung imaging. Later Lichtheimia ramose was found by Metagenomic next generation sequencing (mNGS) in the Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF).After adjusting amphotericin B for anti-infective treatment, the patient's infection lesions were shranked and the symptoms were significantly relieved. ConclusionThe diagnosis of invasive fungal infections is very difficult, mNGS can make an accurate pathogenic diagnosis of invasive fungal diseases for the clinic and provide a basis for clinical treatment.