Abstract
Rhinocerebral mucormycosis is a lethal infection caused by saprophytic fungi in immunocompromised patients. Haematological malignancy patients with superseeded COVID 19 infection are more predisposed to mucormycosis with high mortality.
Highlights
Mucormycosis is an aggressive rapidly progressing opportunistic fungal infection caused by filamentous fungi of family Mucoraceae, Order Mucorales[1]
Any medical condition resulting in prolonged lymphopenia status will prone a patient to the lethal infection of mucormycosis
Mucormycosis is known as Phycomycosis or Zygomycosis
Summary
ISSN(print): 2767-8326, ISSN(online): 2767-8342 Volume 02 Issue 02 February 2022 Page No: 138-146 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47191/ijmscrs/v2 -i2-11, Impact Factor: 5.276 Dr S B Amarnath , MS(ENT)1, Dr Prerana Anthwal, MS(ENT)2, Dr SivaKumar Vulava, MD(Pathology)3, Dr Bodagala Vijaylakshmi Devi, MD (Radiology)4 1Associate Professor, Incharge Head of Department, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, SVIMS and Sri Padamavati medical college,Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh- 517507 2Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, SVIMS and Sri Padamavati medical college, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh- 517507 3 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, SVIMS and Sri Padamavati medical college, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh- 517507 4Professor & Head of Department of Radiology, SVIMS and Sri Padamavati medical college,Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh- 517507
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