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ReviewAMB Express2023

COVID-19 associated Mucormycosis among ICU patients: risk factors, control, and challenges.

Rehab Mahmoud Abd El-Baky, Esraa R Shady, Ramadan Yahia, Fatma Y Ahmed, Mohamed Ramadan, Hala Rady Ahmed, Israa M S Al-Kadmy, Yasmin N Ramadan, Helal F Hetta

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Review in AMB Express, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Rehab Mahmoud Abd El-BakyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt. rehab.mahmoud@mu.edu.eg.
Esraa R ShadyDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, Minia, 11566, Egypt.
Ramadan YahiaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Deraya University, Minia, 11566, Egypt.
Fatma Y AhmedDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt.
Mohamed RamadanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt.
Hala Rady AhmedDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Minia University, Minia, 61519, Egypt.
Israa M S Al-KadmyBranch of Biotechnology, Department of Biology, College of Science, Mustansiriyah University, POX 10244, Baghdad, Iraq.
Yasmin N RamadanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt. yasmine_mohamed@pharm.aun.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-7374-9334
Helal F HettaDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71515, Egypt. helalhetta@aun.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8541-7304
Minia University · EGAssiut University · EGDeraya UniversityMustansiriyah University · IQ

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic is still difficult to be controlled. The spread of this virus and the emergence of new variants are considered a great challenge worldwide. Disturbance in infection control guidelines implementation, use of steroids, antibiotics, hospital crowdedness, and repeated use of oxygen masks during the management of critically ill COVID-19 patients lead to an increase in the rate of opportunistic infections. So, patients need to fight both the virus with its different variants and opportunistic pathogens including bacteria and fungi especially patients with diabetes mellitus, malignancy, or those who undergo hemodialysis and receive deferoxamine. During the pandemic, many cases of Mucormycosis associated with COVID-19 infection were observed in many countries. In this review, we discuss risk factors that increase the chance of infection by opportunistic pathogens, especially fungal pathogens, recent challenges, and control measures.

Indexed as

Control measuresMucormycosisOpportunistic pathogensRisk factorsSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID37736777
PMCPMC10516834
OpenAlexW4386944648

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Registered trials

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