Research advances in mucormycosis

R Singh - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Fungi belonging to the class Zygomycetes and the order Mucorales are opportunistic
pathogens that cause acute, aggressive angio-invasive infections with high mortality rate …

Mucormycosis threats: a systemic review

S Prakash, A Kumar - Journal of Basic Microbiology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
During the catastrophic wave of Coronavirus disease 2019, health agencies started to report
an infrequent but lethal mucormycosis or black fungal infection. Primarily, it causes sinusitis …

How to Understand and Manage Mucormycosis Infections during COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2/Novel Coronavirus Pandemic Era in India & Developing Countries?

DP Kumar - Available at SSRN 3853581, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
This time last year in May 2020 India was under lockdown phase, many theories invented
and discovered without any scientific evidence about India's surprisingly low rates of Sars …

Mucormycosis in 2023: An update on pathogenesis and management

A Alqarihi, DP Kontoyiannis, AS Ibrahim - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mucormycosis (MCR) is an emerging and frequently lethal fungal infection caused by the
Mucorales family, with Rhizopus, Mucor, and Lichtheimia, accounting for> 90% of all cases …

Advancements in the understanding of Mucorales biology and the management of mucormycosis

G Chamilos, V Garre - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Mucormycosis is a life-threatening infection caused by certain species of the fungal order
Mucorales. Although respiratory tract is the primary site of infection by Mucorales …

Evaluation of environmental Mucorales contamination in and around the residence of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis patients

AK Ghosh, R Singh, S Reddy, S Singh… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Recently, India witnessed an unprecedented surge of coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19)-associated mucormycosis (CAM) cases. In addition to patient management …

[HTML][HTML] Mucormycosis: a surge in mucorales fungal infection in post–covid patients in Indian States and insight into known and unknown factors

SG Borkar - International Journal of Global Health, 2021 - oap-onlinejournals.org
Mucormycosis is a rare opportunistic fungal infection in human caused by fungi belonging to
the fungal order Mucorales and the family Mucoraceae which are now classified in the (new) …

[HTML][HTML] The mucormycosis epidemic within COVID-19 pandemic-lessons from India

JJY Ong, ACY Chan, AK Sharma… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
With the escalation of cases world-wide, a myriad of complications from Coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) are being increasingly appreciated, including the vulnerability to …

Emerging Mucormycosis: Problems and Treatments

A Varaiya, A Sundaresan - Fungi and Fungal Products in Human Welfare …, 2023 - Springer
Fungi of the order Mucorales and class Zygomycetes cause mucormycosis that is
opportunistic and rapidly emerging. In recent years, an increase in cases has been …

Fungal taxa responsible for mucormycosis/“black fungus” among COVID-19 patients in India

PK Divakar - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mucormycosis is caused by fungi belonging to the order Mucorales. The term “Black
Fungus” has been widely applied to human pathogenic Mucorales in India. They mainly …