RELATION BETWEEN THE OUTBREAK OF MUCORMYCOSIS AND COVID19 VACCINE : AN AETIOLOGICAL AUDIT

Abstract

In the era of covid-19 pandemic, severity of symptoms was mostly managed with corticosteroids , the disease itself was found to be hyperglycemic in nature and when combined with the use of infected ventilators, masks and oxygen ducting systems, all led to a decreased immunity, Due to which the opportunistic fungal infections had taken a rise . Mucormycosis was one such opportunistic fungal infection which saw an upsurge post the 2nd wave of covid19 pandemic. Our institute happened to treat a signicant number of post covid mucormycosis patients and here is an observational study based on that data which deals with various etiological factors leading to the cause of mucormycosis during the outbreak, mainly focusing on the effect of covid 19 vaccine and incidence of mucormycosis.