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Steroids Induced Black Fungus Infection in India During the May 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak

India was at the center of the attention of global media for the outbreak of COVID-19 infection in May 2021, because of the large total number of daily new cases and fatalities not expressed as a fraction of the total population. In addition to the alleged more infective and fatal variant delta, the...

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Autor principal: Boretti, Alberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8592068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34804906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02988-w
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description India was at the center of the attention of global media for the outbreak of COVID-19 infection in May 2021, because of the large total number of daily new cases and fatalities not expressed as a fraction of the total population. In addition to the alleged more infective and fatal variant delta, the emergence of particularly lethal fungal infections in between those that have been infected was also reported. Here we comment as while the specific numbers for India, for both new cases and fatalities, were everything but dramatic, with other countries such as the United Kingdom has experienced much worse outcomes, the incidence of black fungus minimally affected the COVID-19 fatalities. First better care, and the use of intravenous antifungals, and then the use of better therapies in the early stages of infection to prevent more serious outcomes, reduced the burden of this fungal infection.
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spelling pubmed-85920682021-11-15 Steroids Induced Black Fungus Infection in India During the May 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak Boretti, Alberto Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Brief Communication India was at the center of the attention of global media for the outbreak of COVID-19 infection in May 2021, because of the large total number of daily new cases and fatalities not expressed as a fraction of the total population. In addition to the alleged more infective and fatal variant delta, the emergence of particularly lethal fungal infections in between those that have been infected was also reported. Here we comment as while the specific numbers for India, for both new cases and fatalities, were everything but dramatic, with other countries such as the United Kingdom has experienced much worse outcomes, the incidence of black fungus minimally affected the COVID-19 fatalities. First better care, and the use of intravenous antifungals, and then the use of better therapies in the early stages of infection to prevent more serious outcomes, reduced the burden of this fungal infection. Springer India 2021-11-15 2022-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8592068/ /pubmed/34804906 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02988-w Text en © Association of Otolaryngologists of India 2021
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Steroids Induced Black Fungus Infection in India During the May 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak
title Steroids Induced Black Fungus Infection in India During the May 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak
title_full Steroids Induced Black Fungus Infection in India During the May 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak
title_fullStr Steroids Induced Black Fungus Infection in India During the May 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak
title_full_unstemmed Steroids Induced Black Fungus Infection in India During the May 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak
title_short Steroids Induced Black Fungus Infection in India During the May 2021 COVID-19 Outbreak
title_sort steroids induced black fungus infection in india during the may 2021 covid-19 outbreak
topic Brief Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8592068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34804906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-021-02988-w
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