case report of osteoarticular mucormycosis in post COVID - 19 Patient | Zendy

Bhavini Shah | Zendy; Sandip C Shah | Zendy; Harsh Toshniwal | Zendy; Mitkumar Dharsandiya | Zendy; Krutarth Shah | Zendy; Chinjal Panchal | Zendy; Saifali Agarwal | Zendy

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case report of osteoarticular mucormycosis in post COVID - 19 Patient

Author(s) -

Bhavini Shah,

Sandip C Shah,

Harsh Toshniwal,

Mitkumar Dharsandiya,

Krutarth Shah,

Chinjal Panchal,

Saifali Agarwal

Publication year - 2022

Publication title -

indian journal of case reports

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2454-1303

pISSN - 2454-129X

DOI - 10.32677/ijcr.v8i2.3272

Subject(s) - mucormycosis , medicine , covid-19 , rare disease , surgery , dermatology , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Mucormycosis is a rare invasive fungal disease often seen in immuno-compromised individuals.The Mucormycosis cases increased in COVID-19 patients from March – June 2021. Here we report a case of 61 year old male hypertensive patient with COVID-19 who was treated with antibioticsand steroids for recovery. After treatment he developed secondary infection of osteoarticular mucormycosis which is uncommon and rare. We report this case here in detail.

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