IP Archives of Cytology and Histopathology Research
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IP Archives of Cytology and Histopathology Research (ACHR) open access, peer-reviewed quarterly journal publishing since 2016 and is published under the Khyati Education and Research Foundation (KERF), is registered as a non-profit society (under the society registration act, 1860), Government of India with the vision of various accredited vocational courses in healthcare, education, paramedical, yoga, publication, teaching and research activity, with the aim of faster and better dissemination of knowledge, we will be publishing the article more...Case Report
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Volume : 6, Issue : 2, Year : 2021
Article Page : 135-139
https://doi.org/10.18231/j.achr.2021.033
Abstract
COVID-19 is an infection caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). Now there are increased cases with super infections by mucormycosis, which were rarely reported in the beginning of the current pandemic of COVID 19. Herewith a case of 47 year-old male patient of post COVID-19 infection having severe hypoxia and was on ventilator, received steroid treatment and also known case of HIV/AIDS. Now admitted to our hospital having fever, facial pain, and swelling midface
region. His RT-PCR test was positive. On clinical, radio imaging and on histopathological findings diagnosed as maxillary mucormycosis. We are presenting this rare case for its clinical, radio imaging, and on histopathological findings.
Keywords: COVID19, Mucormycosis, SARSCoV2, maxillary fungal infection.
How to cite : Jagtap S V, Jagtap S S, Nagar V , Varshney K , Invasive mucormycosis in post COVID-19 infection: Case report with review. IP Arch Cytol Histopathol Res 2021;6(2):135-139
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