| Literature DB >> 33575155 |
Salomon Waizel-Haiat1, Jose Alberto Guerrero-Paz1, Luis Sanchez-Hurtado2, Salvador Calleja-Alarcon2, Laura Romero-Gutierrez2.
Abstract
Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection, often acute and extremely severe, occurring in patients with an underlying condition. Coinfection in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been reported, often bacterial. A 24-year-old female is presented with acute fatal rhino-orbital mucormycosis and COVID-19. We report one of the first cases of rhino-orbital mucormycosis and COVID-19. With this case, we highlight the importance of considering mycotic coinfection in COVID-19 patients with diabetes.Entities:
Keywords: covid-19; diabetic ketoacidosis (dka); fungal rhino sinusitis; mucormycosis; rhinosinusitis
Year: 2021 PMID: 33575155 PMCID: PMC7870113 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.13163
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cureus ISSN: 2168-8184