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Post coronavirus disease mucormycosis involving the mandible: A case report with brief note on literature

Mucormycosis also termed as phycomycosis or zygomycosis is less commonly seen in oral cavity. However, it is an invasive, life-threatening and aggressive fungal infection. It mostly targets individuals with altered immunological system and diabetes. In this recent pandemic situation, the individuals...

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Autores principales: Bhanumurthy, Lokesh, Krishna, P Sai, Sekhar, Prasanna, Makesh Raj, L S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8859598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35281175
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_355_21
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author Bhanumurthy, Lokesh
Krishna, P Sai
Sekhar, Prasanna
Makesh Raj, L S
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description Mucormycosis also termed as phycomycosis or zygomycosis is less commonly seen in oral cavity. However, it is an invasive, life-threatening and aggressive fungal infection. It mostly targets individuals with altered immunological system and diabetes. In this recent pandemic situation, the individuals affected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are also affected with this fungal infection which commonly involves the maxilla. In this case report, we present a case of a 45-year-old female affected with mucormycosis in post-COVID scenario involving mandible which is quite rare situation. The case report covers clinical findings, radiographic investigations and histopathological details with brief on literature review. Since mucormycosis is aggressive fungal infection, it should be handled with multimodal approach to reduce the systemic damage of an individual, morbidity and mortality.
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spelling pubmed-88595982022-03-10 Post coronavirus disease mucormycosis involving the mandible: A case report with brief note on literature Bhanumurthy, Lokesh Krishna, P Sai Sekhar, Prasanna Makesh Raj, L S J Oral Maxillofac Pathol Case Report Mucormycosis also termed as phycomycosis or zygomycosis is less commonly seen in oral cavity. However, it is an invasive, life-threatening and aggressive fungal infection. It mostly targets individuals with altered immunological system and diabetes. In this recent pandemic situation, the individuals affected with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are also affected with this fungal infection which commonly involves the maxilla. In this case report, we present a case of a 45-year-old female affected with mucormycosis in post-COVID scenario involving mandible which is quite rare situation. The case report covers clinical findings, radiographic investigations and histopathological details with brief on literature review. Since mucormycosis is aggressive fungal infection, it should be handled with multimodal approach to reduce the systemic damage of an individual, morbidity and mortality. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2021 2022-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8859598/ /pubmed/35281175 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_355_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Post coronavirus disease mucormycosis involving the mandible: A case report with brief note on literature
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title_short Post coronavirus disease mucormycosis involving the mandible: A case report with brief note on literature
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8859598/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35281175
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jomfp.jomfp_355_21
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