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Mucormicosis de cabeza y cuello: actualización en el diagnóstico y manejo médico-quirúrgico. Una revisión narrativa
Mucormycosis of the head and neck: update on diagnosis and medical-surgical management. A narrative review

La mucormicosis, es una patología de baja preva- lencia, rápidamente progresiva y de alta mortalidad que engloba un amplio espectro de infecciones del tipo opor- tunistas, causada por hongos de la familia Mucoraceae, Lichtheimiaceae, Thamnidiaceae, Cunninghamellaceae, S...

Iron and glucose-regulated protein 78: fundamental components in the coinfection of Rhizopus oryzae and SARS-CoV-2

Clin. biomed. res; 43 (2), 2023
Along with the growing number of fatalities and lack of specific treatment at the time, the increasing incidence of mucormycosis worried world health agencies, as it ran the risk of more threatening outcomes for COVID-19 patients. In this context, this review aims to assemble case reports of COVID-19 ass...

COVID-19 associated rhinomaxillary mucormycosis: a case series and review of literature

Braz. j. oral sci; 21 (), 2022
During COVID-19 pandemic, fulminant deep fungal infection started emerging in India, known as Mucormycosis. This type of mucormycosis was termed as COVID-19 associated mucormycosis (CAM). These patients had previous history of COVID-19 infection. Such cases were mainly reported in ...

Mucormicosis asociada a COVID-19: revisión de la literatura para odontólogos

La mucormicosis es una infección fúngica rara, con alta morbilidad y mortalidad. Se presenta principalmente en pa- cientes con diabetes mellitus no controlada, inmunocompro- metidos, con tratamiento crónicos con esteroides, entre otros. Actualmente, se cree que la pandemia de COVID-19...

Rhinocerebral mucormycosis to the rise? The impact of the worldwide diabetes epidemic

An. bras. dermatol; 96 (2), 2021
Abstract The authors present seven cases of rhinocerebral mucormycosis associated to diabetes mellitus, which is a disease with epidemic proportions affecting individuals worldwide, particularly in developing countries, and which poses significant morbidity and mortality. Mucormycosis is an opportunistic...

Is Mucormycosis an inevitable complication of Covid-19 in India?

Braz. j. infect. dis; 25 (3), 2021
ABSTRACT Mucormycosis or black fungus infection is a less common disease but highly fatal infection, infecting the immunocompromised individuals. The site of predilection of the fungus is found to be lungs and brain in addition to its sequestration in sinusoidal spaces. Presently with the ongoing COVID 1...

Cutaneous mucormycosis

An. bras. dermatol; 92 (3), 2017
Abstract Cutaneous mucormycosis is an emerging fungal infection caused by opportunistic fungi of the phylum Glomeromycota. It is frequent in poorly controlled diabetic patients and individuals with immunosuppression. It is usually acquired by direct inoculation through trauma. The clinical presentation i...