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 …

Epidemiology and diagnosis of mucormycosis: an update

A Skiada, I Pavleas, M Drogari-Apiranthitou - Journal of fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mucormycosis is an angioinvasive fungal infection, due to fungi of the order Mucorales. Its
incidence cannot be measured exactly, since there are few population-based studies, but …

[HTML][HTML] The epidemiology and clinical manifestations of mucormycosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of case reports

W Jeong, C Keighley, R Wolfe, WL Lee… - Clinical microbiology …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background The epidemiology of mucormycosis in the era of modern diagnostics is
relatively under-explored. Objectives To examine the contemporary epidemiology, clinical …

Challenges in the diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis

A Skiada, C Lass-Floerl, N Klimko, A Ibrahim… - Medical …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis are challenging. The incidence of the disease
seems to be increasing. Hematological malignancies are the most common underlying …

A prospective multicenter study on mucormycosis in India: Epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment

H Prakash, AK Ghosh, SM Rudramurthy… - Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Mucormycosis due to Mucorales is reported at large numbers in uncontrolled diabetics
across India, but systematic multicenter epidemiological study has not been published yet …

ECIL-6 guidelines for the treatment of invasive candidiasis, aspergillosis and mucormycosis in leukemia and hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients

F Tissot, S Agrawal, L Pagano, G Petrikkos… - …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The European Conference on Infections in Leukemia (ECIL) provides recommendations for
diagnostic strategies and prophylactic, pre-emptive or targeted therapy strategies for various …

Diagnosis of severe respiratory infections in immunocompromised patients

E Azoulay, L Russell, A Van de Louw, V Metaxa… - Intensive care …, 2020 - Springer
An increasing number of critically ill patients are immunocompromised. Acute hypoxemic
respiratory failure (ARF), chiefly due to pulmonary infection, is the leading reason for ICU …

Mucormycosis

G Reid, JP Lynch III, MC Fishbein… - Seminars in respiratory …, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
Mucormycosis is an infection caused by a group of filamentous molds within the order
Mucorales. Infections may result from ingestion of contaminated food, inhalation of spores …

Evaluation of serum Mucorales polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for the diagnosis of mucormycoses: the MODIMUCOR prospective trial

L Millon, D Caillot, A Berceanu… - Clinical Infectious …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Early diagnosis and prompt initiation of specific antifungal treatment are
essential for improving the prognosis of mucormycosis. We aimed to assess the …

Definition, diagnosis, and management of COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis: Delphi consensus statement from the Fungal Infection Study Forum and …

V Muthu, R Agarwal, A Patel, S Kathirvel… - The Lancet Infectious …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Summary COVID-19-associated pulmonary mucormycosis (CAPM) remains an
underdiagnosed entity. Using a modified Delphi method, we have formulated a consensus …