Post-Covid Isolated Mandibular Mucormycosis in a Patient with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Case Report

Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection which was earlier seen only in immunocompromised patients. With the recent covid pandemic, there had been a drastic surge in cases of mucormycosis worldwide and especially in India. Here, we present an unusual case of biopsy proven invasive mandibula...

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Autores principales: Goel, Khushboo, Dhillon, Jasdeep, Yadav, Vishav, Bhagat, Sanjeev, Aggarwal, Ankita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2023
Materias:
Clinical Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10148609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37362119
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-023-03838-7
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Sumario:Mucormycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection which was earlier seen only in immunocompromised patients. With the recent covid pandemic, there had been a drastic surge in cases of mucormycosis worldwide and especially in India. Here, we present an unusual case of biopsy proven invasive mandibular mucormycosis in a patient with chronic kidney disease and a history of COVID-19 infection. The patient was given low-dose amphotericin B and underwent surgical debridement with a successful outcome.

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