Awareness Toward Mucormycosis Attack for COVID Patients
Risk groups for mucormycosis include persons with immunosuppressed immune system and uncontrolled diabetes. The patients suffering from corona virus or post covid patients have been found to be entrapped with this fungal infection due to suppression in the immune system. Also the major attack was re...
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oai:doaj.org-article:1b39f9e020a04eb3b292ba596ecc7b612021-11-30T23:33:59ZAwareness Toward Mucormycosis Attack for COVID Patients1178-636110.1177/11786361211053003https://doaj.org/article/1b39f9e020a04eb3b292ba596ecc7b612021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1177/11786361211053003https://doaj.org/toc/1178-6361Risk groups for mucormycosis include persons with immunosuppressed immune system and uncontrolled diabetes. The patients suffering from corona virus or post covid patients have been found to be entrapped with this fungal infection due to suppression in the immune system. Also the major attack was reported in those patients who were in Intensive Care units. It arises due to the fungal infection of various species and can occur simultaneously with covid. The development of black fungus mostly affects lungs, eyes, brain, and skin and is not at all contagious. Proper diagnostic can only predict that the patient is in invasive attack of which mucor species. It is better to take prevention by wearing medicated masks, hand gloves, wearing glasses, avoid dusty and damp places.Meet Kamal DwivediAshutosh DwivediSAGE PublishingarticleMicrobiologyQR1-502ENMicrobiology Insights, Vol 14 (2021) |
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Risk groups for mucormycosis include persons with immunosuppressed immune system and uncontrolled diabetes. The patients suffering from corona virus or post covid patients have been found to be entrapped with this fungal infection due to suppression in the immune system. Also the major attack was reported in those patients who were in Intensive Care units. It arises due to the fungal infection of various species and can occur simultaneously with covid. The development of black fungus mostly affects lungs, eyes, brain, and skin and is not at all contagious. Proper diagnostic can only predict that the patient is in invasive attack of which mucor species. It is better to take prevention by wearing medicated masks, hand gloves, wearing glasses, avoid dusty and damp places. |
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