Loss of an eye to mucormycosis following corticosteroid therapy for COVID-19

Mucormycosis is a rare, sometimes severe fungal infection that has emerged as a possible complication of COVID-19. We report a case of a non-diabetic, apparently immunocompetent patient diagnosed with rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis shortly after COVID-19 treatment with dexamethasone. The patien...

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Autores principales: Rodrigues, Mariana Gonçalves, Sekiguchi, William Kazunori, Gonçalves, Sérgio, Casal, Yuri Reis, Frassetto, Fernando Pereira, da Silva, Vinicius Trindade Gomes, Santo, Marcelo Prudente do Espírito, Magri, Marcello Mihailenko Chaves
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital Universitário da Universidade de São Paulo 2021
Materias:
Clinical Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8782614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35194552
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2021.345

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8782614/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35194552
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2021.345

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