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ArticleJournal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, medicine, and pathology2022

Atypical presentations of fungal osteomyelitis during post COVID-19 outbreak - Case series.

Ankita Chugh, Akhilesh Kumar Pandey, Amit Goyal, Kapil Soni, Vidhi Jain, Balamurugan Thirunavukkarasu, Deepak Vedant, Deepak Kumar, Pravin Kumar

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Article in Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, medicine, and pathology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ankita ChughDepartment of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Akhilesh Kumar PandeyDepartment of Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Amit GoyalDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Kapil SoniDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Vidhi JainDepartment of Microbiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Balamurugan ThirunavukkarasuDepartment of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Deepak VedantDepartment of Pathology and Lab Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Deepak KumarDepartment of General Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
Pravin KumarDepartment of Dentistry, Endodontics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, India.
All India Institute of Medical Sciences Jodhpur · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Mucormycosis and Aspergillosis are opportunistic fungal infections causing significant morbidity and mortality. Post the outbreak of COVID-19, these fungal osteomyelitis have seen a global rise with few atypical presentations noted. Case report: Current case series reports three such atypical presentations of fungal osteomyelitis including mandibular fungal osteomyelitis in two patients, fungal osteomyelitis mimicking space infection in a middle aged male, and suspected mixed fungal osteomyelitis involving maxillary sinus. Aggressive surgical debridement was indicated along with institution of antifungal therapy (Liposomal Amphotericin B, and Posaconazole). The fungal osteomyelitis was successfully treated with surgical and medical management with no recurrence. Discussion: The injudicious use of corticosteroids in COVID-19 patients along with their immunocompromised status increases their susceptibility to opportunistic fungal osteomyelitis. Prompt and aggressive surgical intervention along with antifungal therapy is important after diagnosing fungal osteomyelitis, as a delay could increase the mortality rate considerably.

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Antifungal therapyAspergillosisCOVID-19Fungal osteomyelitisMucormycosis

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