[HTML][HTML] Multicenter case–control study of COVID-19–associated mucormycosis outbreak, India

V Muthu, R Agarwal, SM Rudramurthy… - Emerging Infectious …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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Fungal pathogens and COVID-19

A Singh, A Kaur, A Chowdhary - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the complications of secondary fungal infections that
occurred globally in severe cases of coronavirus disease managed in the intensive care …

Multimodal analysis of the COVID‐19‐associated mucormycosis outbreak in Delhi, India indicates the convergence of clinical and environmental risk factors

A Chowdhary, N Gupta, S Wurster, R Kumar… - Mycoses, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background The aetiology of the major outbreak of COVID‐19‐associated mucormycosis
(CAM) in India in spring 2021 remains incompletely understood. Herein, we provide a …

COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: a matter of concern amid the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

P Chandley, P Subba, S Rohatgi - Vaccines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mucormycosis is an invasive fungal infection caused by fungi belonging to order Mucorales.
Recently, with the increase in COVID-19 infections, mucormycosis infections have become a …

[HTML][HTML] The battle against fungi: lessons in antifungal stewardship from COVID 19 times

SS Kanj, SF Haddad, JF Meis, PE Verweij… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the detrimental effect of secondary pathogens in
patients with a primary viral insult. In addition to superinfections with bacterial pathogens …

Evaluation of environmental Mucorales contamination in and around the residence of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis patients

AK Ghosh, R Singh, S Reddy, S Singh… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Recently, India witnessed an unprecedented surge of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19)-associated mucormycosis (CAM) cases. In addition to patient management …

Are unique regional factors the missing link in India's COVID-19-associated mucormycosis crisis?

J Skaria, TM John, S Varkey, DP Kontoyiannis - MBio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
The exact cause of the disproportionate increase in COVID-19-associated mucormycosis
(CAM) cases in India remains unknown. Most researchers consider the major cause of …

Molecular mechanisms that govern infection and antifungal resistance in Mucorales

C Lax, FE Nicolás, E Navarro… - … and Molecular Biology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
SUMMARY The World Health Organization has established a fungal priority pathogens list
that includes species critical or highly important to human health. Among them is the order …

COVID-19-associated mucormycosis in India: Why such an outbreak?

G Pasquier - Journal of Medical Mycology, 2023 - Elsevier
An unprecedented mucormycosis outbreak occurred in India during the second COVID-19
wave in spring 2021. COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) was observed, mainly …

Mucormycosis and its upsurge during COVID-19 epidemic: an updated review

B Sharma, S Nonzom - Current Microbiology, 2023 - Springer
Although mucormycosis may have reached an epidemic situation during the COVID-19
pandemic, the term was much more familiar even before the COVID-19 period. The year …