Mucormycosis: An opportunistic pathogen during COVID-19

I Mahalaxmi, K Jayaramayya, D Venkatesan… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
The pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) still remains on an upsurge trend.
The second wave of this disease has led to panic in many countries, including India and …

Mucormycosis

JM Steinbrink, MH Miceli - Infectious Disease Clinics, 2021 - id.theclinics.com
Invasive mucormycosis is a life-threatening fungal infection that most frequently occurs in
patients with underlying comorbidities impacting immune system function. 1–4 Rhino-orbital …

Mucormycosis: battle with the deadly enemy over a five-year period in India

J Chander, M Kaur, N Singla, RPS Punia, SK Singhal… - Journal of fungi, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mucormycosis is an emerging opportunistic fungal infection. Increasing
immunocompromization, widespread use of antibacterial and antifungal agents (such as …

Dental and oral manifestations of COVID-19 related mucormycosis: diagnoses, management strategies and outcomes

OS Janjua, MS Shaikh, MA Fareed, SM Qureshi… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
It has been nearly two years since the pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus disease
(COVID-19) has affected the world. Several innovations and discoveries related to COVID …

Risk factors for Coronavirus disease-associated mucormycosis

U Arora, M Priyadarshi, V Katiyar, M Soneja, P Garg… - Journal of Infection, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The epidemiology of the Coronavirus-disease associated mucormycosis (CAM)
syndemic is poorly elucidated. We aimed to identify risk factors that may explain the burden …

COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM): case-series and global analysis of mortality risk factors

A Riad, AA Shabaan, J Issa, S Ibrahim, H Amer… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Since the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the cases of COVID-
19 co-infections have been increasingly reported worldwide. Mucormycosis, an …

Mucormycosis in renal transplant recipients: review of 174 reported cases

Y Song, J Qiao, G Giovanni, G Liu, H Yang, J Wu… - BMC infectious …, 2017 - Springer
Background Mucormycosis is a highly lethal fungal infection especially in
immunocompromised individuals. Methods In order to review the epidemiology, diagnosis …

[HTML][HTML] Role of divalent metals in infectious disease susceptibility and outcome

G Weiss, PL Carver - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Divalent metals play important roles in maintaining metabolism and cellular
growth of both eukaryotic hosts and invading microbes. Both metal deficiency and overload …

Antifungal effect of nanoparticles against COVID-19 linked black fungus: a perspective on biomedical applications

S Gurunathan, AR Lee, JH Kim - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a highly transmissible
and pathogenic coronavirus that has caused a 'coronavirus disease 2019'(COVID-19) …

Mucorales species and macrophages

FE Nicolás, L Murcia, E Navarro, MI Navarro-Mendoza… - Journal of Fungi, 2020 - mdpi.com
Mucormycosis is an emerging fungal infection caused by Mucorales with an unacceptable
high mortality rate. Mucorales is a complex fungal group, including eleven different genera …