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Are Low Serum Vitamin D Levels a Risk Factor for Advent of COVID-19 Associated Rhinocerebral Mucormycosis: A Preliminary Case Control Study

To determine whether low serum vitamin D level is a risk factor for development of Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in COVID-19 afflicted patients. A case control study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital utilizing the archived records of COVID-19 afflicted Rhinocerebral mucormycosis cases and age a...

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Autores principales: Popli, Harsha, Gupta, Ambika, Singh, Virendra, Agarwal, Varsha, Akilan, R., Kumar, Adarsh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer India 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751664/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35036352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12070-022-03080-7
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Sumario:To determine whether low serum vitamin D level is a risk factor for development of Rhinocerebral mucormycosis in COVID-19 afflicted patients. A case control study was conducted in a tertiary care hospital utilizing the archived records of COVID-19 afflicted Rhinocerebral mucormycosis cases and age and gender matched controls. The mean value (± standard deviation) of vitamin D level in patients with Mucormycosis was 19.65 ± 13.07 ng/ml and in control subjects it was 27.88 ± 18.04 ng/ml.There was a significant difference between groups (p = 0.02). Thus, low Vitamin D level may be implicated as a risk factor for the advent of mucormycosis in a COVID-19 afflicted patient and therefore Vitamin D supplements may be provided to such patients to achieve normal serum levels.