Case report: COVID-19-associated mucormycosis co-infection with Lomentospora prolificans : The first case and review on multiple fungal co-infections during COVID-19 pandemic
Along with the pandemic COVID-19 spreads, new clinical challenges have emerged in the health care settings, among which there is a high risk of secondary invasive fungal infections with significant mortality. Here, we report a case of invasive fungal rhino orbital sinusitis due to the simultaneous c...
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Published in | Frontiers in medicine Vol. 10; p. 1078970 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A
16.03.2023
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Summary: | Along with the pandemic COVID-19 spreads, new clinical challenges have emerged in the health care settings, among which there is a high risk of secondary invasive fungal infections with significant mortality. Here, we report a case of invasive fungal rhino orbital sinusitis due to the simultaneous co-infection by
and
, both identified by sequencing, in a 70-year-old Afghanistanian female with COVID-19. The patient was subjected to surgical debridement as well as taking liposomal amphotericin B, voriconazole, and on discharge, her condition was good. As far as we know, this is the first case of co-infection of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) and
infection. Multiple fungal co-infections in COVID-19 patients are reviewed. |
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Bibliography: | Reviewed by: Hector M. Mora-Montes, Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico; Santosh Kumar Swain, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University, India; Valliappan Muthu, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), India This article was submitted to Infectious Diseases: Pathogenesis and Therapy, a section of the journal Frontiers in Medicine ORCID: Shima Aboutalebian, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0178-4372 Edited by: Shisan (Bob) Bao, The University of Sydney, Australia |
ISSN: | 2296-858X 2296-858X |
DOI: | 10.3389/fmed.2023.1078970 |