Maxillary Mucormycosis Osteomyelitis in Post COVID-19 Patients: A Series of Fourteen Cases

During the current pandemic of COVID-19, numerous manifestations and complications have developed. Patients with COVID-19 are at high risk of fungal infections, such as mucormycosis, that may result directly from COVID-19 infection and/or as a side effect of the drugs used in COVID-19 treatment prot...

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Autores principales: Said Ahmed, Wael M., Elsherbini, Amira M., Elsherbiny, Nehal M., El-Sherbiny, Mohamed, Ramzy, Nevine I., Arafa, Ahmed F.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8624954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34829397
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112050
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author Said Ahmed, Wael M.
Elsherbini, Amira M.
Elsherbiny, Nehal M.
El-Sherbiny, Mohamed
Ramzy, Nevine I.
Arafa, Ahmed F.
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description During the current pandemic of COVID-19, numerous manifestations and complications have developed. Patients with COVID-19 are at high risk of fungal infections, such as mucormycosis, that may result directly from COVID-19 infection and/or as a side effect of the drugs used in COVID-19 treatment protocol, such as dexamethasone, hydroxychloroquine, and antibiotics. In this report, we described a series of 14 cases with maxillary mucormycosis osteomyelitis in immediate post-COVID-19 patients.
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spelling pubmed-86249542021-11-27 Maxillary Mucormycosis Osteomyelitis in Post COVID-19 Patients: A Series of Fourteen Cases Said Ahmed, Wael M. Elsherbini, Amira M. Elsherbiny, Nehal M. El-Sherbiny, Mohamed Ramzy, Nevine I. Arafa, Ahmed F. Diagnostics (Basel) Case Report During the current pandemic of COVID-19, numerous manifestations and complications have developed. Patients with COVID-19 are at high risk of fungal infections, such as mucormycosis, that may result directly from COVID-19 infection and/or as a side effect of the drugs used in COVID-19 treatment protocol, such as dexamethasone, hydroxychloroquine, and antibiotics. In this report, we described a series of 14 cases with maxillary mucormycosis osteomyelitis in immediate post-COVID-19 patients. MDPI 2021-11-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8624954/ /pubmed/34829397 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112050 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Elsherbini, Amira M.
Elsherbiny, Nehal M.
El-Sherbiny, Mohamed
Ramzy, Nevine I.
Arafa, Ahmed F.
Maxillary Mucormycosis Osteomyelitis in Post COVID-19 Patients: A Series of Fourteen Cases
title Maxillary Mucormycosis Osteomyelitis in Post COVID-19 Patients: A Series of Fourteen Cases
title_full Maxillary Mucormycosis Osteomyelitis in Post COVID-19 Patients: A Series of Fourteen Cases
title_fullStr Maxillary Mucormycosis Osteomyelitis in Post COVID-19 Patients: A Series of Fourteen Cases
title_full_unstemmed Maxillary Mucormycosis Osteomyelitis in Post COVID-19 Patients: A Series of Fourteen Cases
title_short Maxillary Mucormycosis Osteomyelitis in Post COVID-19 Patients: A Series of Fourteen Cases
title_sort maxillary mucormycosis osteomyelitis in post covid-19 patients: a series of fourteen cases
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8624954/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34829397
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11112050
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