Mucormycosis: A Black Fungus- Post Covid Complications
Journal Title: Journal of Regenerative Biology and Medicine - Year 2021, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
Human to human transmitted disease is the game of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) transmission and it had been declared an emergency global pandemic that caused major disastrous in the respiratory system to more than five million people and killing more than half a billion deaths across the globe. Besides lower acute respiratory syndrome, there is damage to the alveolar with severe inflammatory exudation. COVID-19 patients often have lower immunosuppressive CD4+ T and CD8+ T cells and most patients in intensive care units (ICU) need mechanical ventilation, hence longer stay in hospitals. These patients have been discovered to develop fungal co-infections. COVID-19 patients develop what is known as mucormycosis a black fungal infection that is deadly leading to loss of sight and hearing and eventually death. This chapter will focus on mucormycosis, a black fungus caused during post covid complications.
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Prithiv Kumar KR
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