Open AccessCase Series of Mucormycosis in Post COVID 19 Patients with Hematological Malignancies in Ongoing Pandemic
Author(s) -
Shivantha Amarnath
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of medical science and clinical research studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2767-8342
pISSN - 2767-8326
DOI - 10.47191/ijmscrs/v2-i2-11
Subject(s) - pandemic , mucormycosis , covid-19 , series (stratigraphy) , medicine , virology , hematologic neoplasms , biology , pathology , cancer , infectious disease (medical specialty) , outbreak , disease , paleontology
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a lethal infection caused by saprophytic fungi in immunocompromised patients. Haematological malignancy patients with superseeded COVID 19 infection are more predisposed to mucormycosis with high mortality.