A RARE OPPORTUNISTIC FUNGAL INFECTION TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A WORLDWIDE PANDEMIC: A PEDIATRIC CASE

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B Introduction: b Mucormycosis is a rare and aggressive form of an opportunistic fungal infection known to mainly affect patients with underlying comorbidities that cause dysfunctional immune systems. We report a case of tracheal mucormycosis in a pediatric patient with newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus and severe case COVID-19. Pathology tissue exam revealed rare fungal organisms and abundant mixed bacteria later identified as mucormycosis. [Extracted from the article] Copyright of Critical Care Medicine is the property of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full . (Copyright applies to all s.)