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ArticleJournal of oral and maxillofacial pathology : JOMFP

MUCORMYCOSIS: Re-emerging opportunistic fungal infections in COVID-19 pandemic times in Indian patients (South Indian) - A series of seven cases.

Satyajit S Topajiche, Prasoon S Babu, Balasubramanya Kumar, L Phani Raghava

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Satyajit S TopajicheConsultant Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist, Care Oral Pathology Services, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Prasoon S BabuOral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Private Practitioner, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Balasubramanya KumarConsultant Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgeon, Bhagwan Mahaveer Jain Hospital, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
L Phani RaghavaOral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Private Practitioner, Ananthapur, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Abstract

Opportunistic fungal infections are associated with patients having compromised systemic health. In India, a slow rise in cases of mucormycosis has been observed as the country has seen a rising number of diabetes mellitus cases in the recent decades. This apart, an enormous increase in case numbers was seen in association with COVID-19 infections in the Asian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, markedly in India. Many cases of mucormycosis were reported in association with COVID-19 positive history and post-treatment for COVID-19. They were presented in the form of rhino-cerebral-mucormycosis, in patients with and without diabetes. The presentation of the disease differed at different times of the pandemic to some extent. Some of the cases initially came in an acute format, but at the later end of the epidemic, they presented in an indolent form. A compilation of cases is provided to illustrate the variation in presentations and findings of mucormycosis cases diagnosed at different times of infection of the COVID-19 waves.

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Acute and indolentCOVID-19 pandemicdiabetesIndian scenarioopportunistic infectionosteomyelitisrhino-cerebral mucormycosis

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PMCPMC11633934

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