Mucormycosis of Paranasal Sinuses of Odontogenic Origin Post COVID19 Infection: A Case Series

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Mucormycosis of Paranasal Sinuses of Odontogenic Origin Post COVID19 Infection: A Case Series Via Otolaryngology Indian Abstract The Severe acute respiratory syndrome and the Middle East respiratory syndromes emerged in 2002 and 2012 respectively. Currently the world is witnessing a global pandemic caused by a novel coronavirus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV- 2) causing the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). Mucormycosis is a fungal infection primarily affecting individuals with an immunocompromised state like diabetes mellitus, malignancies etc. Patients who have or have had COVID-19 infection with pre-existing uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes mellitus are presumably more vulnerable for emergence of fungal infections cases. This article presents a report of 6 cases with histopathological proven mucormycosis associated with COVID-19 and uncontrolled Diabetes mellitus. View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.