Open AccessAsymptomatic COVID 19 infection: An innocent bystander in Mucormycosis or maybe not?
Author(s) -
M Shamsudeen,
Shahul Hameed C P,
Liz Mary Paul,
Lubna Abdul Azeez,
Faris Hussain K N,
K M Navaf
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of microbiology research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2394-5478
pISSN - 2394-546X
DOI - 10.18231/j.ijmr.2021.037
Subject(s) - mucormycosis , medicine , asymptomatic , surgery , diabetes mellitus , rhizopus oryzae , posaconazole , medical history , amphotericin b , dermatology , antifungal , food science , fermentation , endocrinology , chemistry
We report a case of 48 year old male with past medical history of poorly controlled Diabetes mellitus, Chronic Liver Disease-child Pugh B who came with complaints of left frontal headache and left orbital pain. A clinical diagnosis of possible Rhinorbital Mucormycosis was made and further confirmed by potassium hydroxide (KOH) mount from tissue, which showed broad sparsely septate hyphae and fungal culture grew Rhizopus oryzae. Covid 19 infection was detected as an incidental finding on admission to the hospital. The patient was successfully treated with surgical debridement and liposomal Amphotericin B followed by oral Posaconazole.