Incidence of mucormycosis rises in India due to COVID-19 in second wave of 2021

Mucormycosis belongs to genus Mucor Rhizopus (M Rhizopus) and the following species are commonly isolated from patients are M Circinelloides, Rhizopus oryzae (R oryzae), R Microsporus, R Pusillus , Syncephalastrum Racemosum ( S Racemosum), S Variformis, Basidiolus ranarum ( B Ramarum), and Cunninghamella coronatus ( C coronatus). Common etiological agents of mucormycosis in India are Rhizopus species (65%), Mucor species (18%), Apophysomyces species (25%), and Lichtheimia (abasidia) species (5%). Mucormycosis spores are found ubiquitously in soil, vegetable matters, and dusts but never in liquid has it grown. They are characterized by broad aseptate, pauci septate, ribbon like hyphae structure with branching at 90 degree, grows rapidly in sabroid agar culture medium

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Title: Annals of Tropical Medicine & Public Health

Publisher: Africa Health Research Organization

Publication date (Electronic): 13 June 2022

Volume: 1

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine, Kolkata, India

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[* ]Email: propkb5@ 123456gmail.com .

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Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5430-3814

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DOI: 10.36295/ATMPH/2022/0004

SO-VID: e15a1ff3-d21f-42fb-9d1a-1ffc2f85bcaf

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Date received : 1 June 2022

Date accepted : 11 June 2022

Data availability: All data generated or analysed during this study are included in this published article (and its supplementary information files).

ScienceOpen disciplines: Infectious disease & Microbiology

Keywords: Mucormycosis,COVID-19,second wave,Mucor,Fungal infection

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[1] . Dexamethasone in Hospitalized Patients with Covid-19. New England Journal of Medicine. Vol. 384(8):693–704. 2021. Massachusetts Medical Society. [Cross Ref]

[2] Sterne Jonathan A. C., Murthy Srinivas, Diaz Janet V., Slutsky Arthur S., Villar Jesús, Angus Derek C., Annane Djillali, Azevedo Luciano Cesar Pontes, Berwanger Otavio, Cavalcanti Alexandre B., Dequin Pierre-Francois, Du Bin, Emberson Jonathan, Fisher David, Giraudeau Bruno, Gordon Anthony C., Granholm Anders, Green Cameron, Haynes Richard, Heming Nicholas, Higgins Julian P. T., Horby Peter, Jüni Peter, Landray Martin J., Le Gouge Amelie, Leclerc Marie, Lim Wei Shen, Machado Flávia R., McArthur Colin, Meziani Ferhat, Møller Morten Hylander, Perner Anders, Petersen Marie Warrer, Savovic Jelena, Tomazini Bruno, Veiga Viviane C., Webb Steve, Marshall John C.. Association Between Administration of Systemic Corticosteroids and Mortality Among Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19. JAMA. Vol. 324(13)2020. American Medical Association (AMA). [Cross Ref]

[3] Prakash Hariprasath, Chakrabarti Arunaloke. Global Epidemiology of Mucormycosis. Journal of Fungi. Vol. 5(1)2019. MDPI AG. [Cross Ref]