Connecting the dots: interplay of pathogenic mechanisms between COVID-19 disease and mucormycosis

H Prakash, A Skiada, RA Paul, A Chakrabarti… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)-associated mucormycosis (CAM) is an emerging threat
globally, especially in India. More than 40,000 CAM cases have been reported in India. The …

COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: Staging and management recommendations (Report of a multi-disciplinary expert committee)

HS Malhotra, P Gupta, D Mehrotra, H Dandu… - Journal of oral biology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Even before the onslaught of COVID-19 pandemic could settle, the unprecedented rise in
cases with COVID-19 associated mucormycosis pushed the medical health to the fringe …

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 …

Molecular Regulatory Mechanism of the Iron-Ion-Promoted Asexual Sporulation of Antrodia cinnamomea in Submerged Fermentation Revealed by Comparative …

H Li, J Dai, Y Shi, X Zhu, L Jia, Z Yang - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antrodia cinnamomea is a precious edible and medicinal fungus with activities of antitumor,
antivirus, and immunoregulation. Fe2+ was found to promote the asexual sporulation of A …

An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences

JD Acosta-España, K Voigt - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Fungal diseases were underestimated for many years. And the global burden of fungal
infections is substantial and has increased in recent years. Invasive fungal infections have …

Is mucormycosis the end? A comprehensive management of orbit in COVID associated rhino-orbital–cerebral mucormycosis: preserving the salvageable

A Keshri, A Mathialagan, A Aishwarya… - European Archives of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Rhino-orbital–cerebral mucor mycosis (ROCM) is a relatively rare opportunistic
infection caused by the Mucorales species. While ROCM suggests involvement of the …

Deciphering the neurosensory olfactory pathway and associated neo-immunometabolic vulnerabilities implicated in COVID-associated mucormycosis (CAM) and …

M Sharma, HP Vanam, NK Panda, SK Patro, R Arora… - Diabetology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Recent Mucorales-mediated outbreaks of infections and an association of fungal infection
with COVID-19 cases, as observed for COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM), have …

Iron Starvation Induces Ferricrocin Production and the Reductive Iron Acquisition System in the Chromoblastomycosis Agent Cladophialophora carrionii

AM Bailão, KLP Silva, D Moraes, B Lechner, H Lindner… - Journal of Fungi, 2023 - mdpi.com
Iron is a micronutrient required by almost all living organisms. Despite being essential, the
availability of this metal is low in aerobic environments. Additionally, mammalian hosts …

Two ferrous iron transporter-like proteins independently participate in asexual development under iron limitation and virulence in Beauveria bassiana

JL Ding, MG Feng, SH Ying - Fungal Genetics and Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Reductive assimilation pathway involves ferric reductase and ferrous iron transporter, which
is integral for fungal iron acquisition. A family of ferric reductase-like proteins has been …

[PDF][PDF] A review of COVID‐19‐associated mucormycosis in India

S Khadke, V Khadke, S Tomar, PK Khanuja… - Int J Community Med …, 2022 - academia.edu
The resurgence of COVID-19 with the delta variant has accompanied a doubling in the
prevalence of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) in India. The prevalence grew to …