A Brief Review on Covid-19 associated Mucormycosis

ABSTRACT

Risk factors include uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, especially ketoacidosis, steroid use, age, neutropenia Mucormycosis diagnosis involves a careful examination of clinical manifestations, magnetic resonance imaging modalities, early use of computed tomography (CT). No Types Route of transmission 1 Rhinocerebral (sinus and brain) Mucormycosis Inhalation of spores into the of spores into the paranasal sinuses and the invasion of blood vessels in the tissue 2 Pulmonary (lung) Mucormycosis Inhalation of infectious material 3 Gastrointestinal Mucormycosis The ingestion of contaminated food/ herbal medicine 4 Cutaneous (skin) Mucormycosis Skin infection by direct inoculation and in secondary form, by dissemination from other locations. 5 Disseminated Mucormycosis Blood stream Etiopathogenesis The mucous membrane penetrates deep tissues, swallowing or inhaling spores and injecting them into the skin. Risk factors include uncontrolled diabetes mellitus, especially ketoacidosis, steroid use, age, neutropenia;Voriconazole, especially for the prevention of blood cancer, AIDS, renal failure, organ or stem cell transplantation, iron overload, skin trauma, broad-spectrum antibiotics, intravenous drug use, aspergillosis and malnutrition7,11 Mucormycosis can also occur in patients without overt immunodeficiency. According to statistics