Abstract
Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive disease caused by saprophytic fungi of the order Mucorales. There are growing reports of rhino-orbital mucormycosis in people with SARS COV-2, especially those from India. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a very dangerous factor in COVID-19 and mucormycosis. We aim to conduct a retrospective study to determine patient characteristics of mucormycosis and COVID-19 from December 2020 to December 2021 at our tertiary care hospital, North India. During our study time, we have come across 7 such patients. Diabetes mellitus was a major risk factor for all patients with rhino-orbital cerebral mucormycosis. There was a high prevalence among males and the average age of presentation was 51years. All patients received the same treatment with steroids and amphotericin B as well as local anesthetics. Deaths were 42.8%. Our study concludes that patients infected with COVID 19 are easily infected with mucormycetes due to immunosuppression, dysfunction of phagocytes and lymphocytes, and the use of antibodies and steroids.
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