Asymptomatic COVID 19 infection: An innocent bystander in Mucormycosis or maybe not? | Zendy

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Asymptomatic COVID 19 infection: An innocent bystander in Mucormycosis or maybe not?

Author(s) -

Liz Mary Paul,

M Shamsudeen,

Shahul Hameed C P,

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 , diabetes mellitus , medical history , posaconazole , rhizopus oryzae , surgery , amphotericin b , dermatology , antifungal , biology , food science , fermentation , endocrinology

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.

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