The double‐edged sword of systemic corticosteroid therapy in viral pneumonia: A case report and comparative review of influenza‐associated mucormycosis versus …

K Ahmadikia, SJ Hashemi, S Khodavaisy, MI Getso… - Mycoses, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a common complication of severe viral pneumonia,
such as influenza and COVID‐19, that requires critical care including ventilatory support …

Coronavirus disease (Covid-19) associated mucormycosis (CAM): case report and systematic review of literature

D Garg, V Muthu, IS Sehgal, R Ramachandran, H Kaur… - Mycopathologia, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Severe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is currently managed with systemic
glucocorticoids. Opportunistic fungal infections are of concern in such patients. While COVID …

COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: the urgent need to reconsider the indiscriminate use of immunosuppressive drugs

AJ Rodriguez-Morales, R Sah… - Therapeutic …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease 8 2 journals. sagepub. com/home/tai caring for
patients with COVID-19, the empiric overuse of corticosteroids has been associated with …

COVID-19 and mucormycosis superinfection: the perfect storm

JA Al-Tawfiq, S Alhumaid, AN Alshukairi, MH Temsah… - Infection, 2021 - Springer
Background The recent emergence of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) disease had
been associated with reports of fungal infections such as aspergillosis and mucormycosis …

[HTML][HTML] COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: an opportunistic fungal infection. A case series and review

A Al Balushi, A Al Ajmi, Q Al Sinani, V Menon… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background A surge in COVID-19-associated mucormycosis cases has been observed
during the second wave of COVID-19 in summer of 2021. Most cases were reported from …

The emergence of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: a review of cases from 18 countries

M Hoenigl, D Seidel, A Carvalho… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Reports of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis have been increasing in frequency since
early 2021, particularly among patients with uncontrolled diabetes. Patients with diabetes …

Risk factors for Coronavirus disease-associated mucormycosis

U Arora, M Priyadarshi, V Katiyar, M Soneja, P Garg… - Journal of Infection, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The epidemiology of the Coronavirus-disease associated mucormycosis (CAM)
syndemic is poorly elucidated. We aimed to identify risk factors that may explain the burden …

When uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and severe COVID-19 converge: the perfect storm for mucormycosis

TM John, CN Jacob, DP Kontoyiannis - Journal of fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mucormycosis (MCR) has been increasingly described in patients with coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) but the epidemiological factors, presentation, diagnostic certainty, and …

[HTML][HTML] A case report of COVID-19 associated pulmonary mucormycosis

N Khan, CG Gutierrez, DV Martinez… - Archive of clinical …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV-2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2)
are at risk for developing secondary fungal infections due to greater incidence of preexisting …

[HTML][HTML] Multicenter epidemiologic study of coronavirus disease–associated mucormycosis, India

A Patel, R Agarwal, SM Rudramurthy… - Emerging infectious …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract During September–December 2020, we conducted a multicenter retrospective
study across India to evaluate epidemiology and outcomes among cases of coronavirus …