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Can Patients with Hematologic Disease and Prior Mucormycosis Undergo Stem Cell Transplantation? [PDF]

Journal of Fungi
The prognosis of mucormycosis after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is generally poor but data on post-HSCT outcomes in patients with pre-HSCT mucormycosis are limited.
Armando Leon, Rachel S. Hicklen, Ying Jiang, Adam G. Stewart, Sebastian Wurster, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis   +5 more
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Disease Entities in Mucormycosis

Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2019
Mucormycosis is an emerging life-threatening fungal infection caused by Mucorales. This infection occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients, especially with hematological malignancy, transplantation, or diabetes mellitus.
, Fanny Lanternier, François Danion
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Global Epidemiology of Mucormycosis

Journal of Fungi (Basel, Switzerland), 2019
Mucormycosis is an angio-invasive fungal infection, associated with high morbidity and mortality. A change in the epidemiology of mucormycosis has been observed in recent years with the rise in incidence, new causative agents and susceptible population ...
Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Hariprasath Prakash, Chakrabarti Arunaloke   +2 more
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Prevalence, predictors and outcome of pulmonary mucormycosis in COVID-19 associated rhino orbital mucormycosis in a tertiary care centre in south India [PDF]

Current Medical Mycology, 2023
Background and Purpose: India witnessed an explosive rise in mucormycosis following COVID-19 infection. While rhino orbital mucormycosis was the most common presentation, pulmonary mucormycosis was closely followed.
Karthigeyan Thanjavur Sethuraman, Jayaraj Athimanjeri Thiruvengadam, Abinaya Ravichandran, Santhi Thoppappatty Sengottaiyan   +3 more
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Rise of Mucormycosis during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Challenges Faced [PDF]

Current Medical Mycology, 2023
Mucormycosis (previously called zygomycosis) is a diverse group of increasingly recognized and frequently fatal mycotic diseases caused by members of the class zygomycetes. Mucormycosis is around 80 times more common in India, compared to other developed
Malavika Kottarathil, Thayanidhi Premamalini, Sathyamurthy P, Anupma Kindo   +3 more
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Mucormycosis and COVID-19: A systemic review

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, 2022
COVID-19 presents severely in persons with immunocompromised states such as diabetes mellitus. Steroids are used in the management of COVID-19.
Ankit Kaushik, Anamika Jaiswal, Hari S Pandey, Paramjeet Singh   +3 more
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A rare case of post-COVID mucormycosis of the kidney

Current Medicine Research and Practice, 2022
Post-COVID mucormycosis of the kidney is a rare phenomenon with only very few cases reported, worldwide. Among the various opportunistic fungal infections, mucormycosis is associated with the highest mortality.
Ankit Tyagi, Manu Gupta, Aashita Mittal, Arupparna Sengupta   +3 more
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COVID-19 associated mucormycosis in Assiut University Hospitals: a multidisciplinary dilemma

Scientific Reports, 2022
Mucormycosis is a life-threatening opportunistic angioinvasive fungal infection. We aimed to describe the frequency, presentations, predictors, and in-hospital outcome of mucormycosis patients in the scope of CoronaVirusDisease-19 (COVID-19) during the ...
Sahar Farghly Youssif, Marwa M. Abdelrady, Ahmed Atef Thabet, Mohamed A. Abdelhamed, Mohamed Omar A. Gad, Ahmed Mohmmed Abu-Elfatth, Ghada Mohamed Saied, Islam Goda, Abdelazeem M. Algammal, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Nessren M. Abd el-Rady, Helal F. Hetta, Soheir M. Kasem   +12 more
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Crush cytology smears – A novel approach to rapid diagnosis of rhino-orbital mucormycosis in post-COVID-19 patients: A single-center study

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2022
Background: With recent surge in SARS-COVID-19, cases of rhinocerebral mucormycosis are on rise. Rapid diagnosis of mucormycosis is essential as delay in the treatment is associated with dreadful outcome.
Amruta Patil , Sagar More , Archana Patankar , Arpana Shinde   +3 more
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Rhino-orbital Mucormycosis in a COVID-19 Patient: The First Case in Malaysia

Proceedings of Singapore Healthcare, 2022
Mucormycosis is an aggressive and potentially fatal fungal infection caused by fungi of the order Mucorales. There has been an increase in the number of cases of rhino-orbital mucormycosis in people with COVID-19, particularly in India.
Chee Yik Chang, Yi Lung Gan, Fatin Izni Zamri, Anuradha P. Radhakrishnan   +3 more
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