CASE REPORT
Year : 2021 | Volume
: 9 | Issue : 2 | Page : 278--282
Dual Invasive fungal infection by aspergillus and mucor in COVID-19 patient: A rare case report with literature review
Deependra Kumar Rai1, Subhash Kumar2
1 Department of Pulmonary Medicine, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar, India
2 Department of Radio-diagnosis, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Deependra Kumar Rai
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, AIIMS, Patna, Bihar
India
Patients with COVID-19, especially those with severe disease, in intensive care units, are particularly vulnerable to bacterial and fungal infections. The most common fungal infections reported include aspergillosis, candidiasis, and mucormycois. Mucormycosis, a potentially life-threatening fungal infection, has contributed to India's COVID-19-related deaths, especially during the second wave of pandemic. Several cases of COVID-19-associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) have been reported from many countries in Europe, Asia, Australia, and South America. Recently, several cases of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in patients with COVID-19 (ROCM) have been reported from India. However, case of COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis (CAPM) is rarely described in the literature. It has been hypothesized to affect patients recovering from COVID-19 who are immunocompromised due to COVID-19 disease or due to the usage of steroids and/or concomitant diabetes. The authors hereby report a combination of CAPM and CAPA in the same patient and perform a systemic review of the published cases highlighting the differences between these two-life-threatening pulmonary fungal infections.
How to cite this article:
Rai DK, Kumar S. Dual Invasive fungal infection by aspergillus and mucor in COVID-19 patient: A rare case report with literature review.Arch Med Health Sci 2021;9:278-282
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Rai DK, Kumar S. Dual Invasive fungal infection by aspergillus and mucor in COVID-19 patient: A rare case report with literature review. Arch Med Health Sci [serial online] 2021 [cited 2023 Mar 29 ];9:278-282
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