COVID-19 triggering mucormycosis in a susceptible patient: a new phenomenon in the developing world?

A middle-aged woman with diabetes presented with left-sided facial pain, complete ptosis and fever of short duration. On presentation, she had hyperglycaemia without ketosis. There was total ophthalmoplegia of the left eye with a visual acuity of 6/36. She incidentally tested positive for COVID-19....

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Autores principales: Revannavar, Shweta Mallikarjun, P S, Supriya, Samaga, Laxminarayana, V K, Vineeth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2021
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8088249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33906877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-241663

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8088249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33906877
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2021-241663

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