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Article | IMSEAR | ID: sea-225830

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Most documented cases of mucormycosishave been reported in patients with uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, neutropenia, or treatment with corticosteroids. Recently, with the second wave of COVID-19, the Indian subcontinent has witnessed a dramatic rise in mucormycosisinfection in patients recovered from COVID-19. This association has been documented in various case reports/case series and institutional studies, and the mortality associated with this fungal infection is emerging as a cause of concern.Pulmonary mucormycosis is the second most common form after rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis(ROCM),but most cases are diagnosed in autopsy specimens. Cutaneous, Gastro-intestinal and disseminated forms are relatively rare. This cases series comprises of 4 cases of mucormycosis in post-COVIDpatients with interesting presentations.We report two cases of combined pulmonary aspergillosis and pulmonary mucormycosis, one case of rhino-orbital-mucormycosis with lymph nodal involvement and one case of rhino-orbital mucormycosis with acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy(AIDP).

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