A case of COVID-19-associated rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis caused by Apophysomyces variabilis with a review of the literature
A fatal case of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) affected a 40-year-old woman who was initially admitted to our hospital due to a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Her clinical condition worsened, and she finally died because of respiratory failure, hemodynamic instability, and mucormycosis with invasion...
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Published in | Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology Vol. 12; p. 898477 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A
14.10.2022
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Summary: | A fatal case of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) affected a 40-year-old woman who was initially admitted to our hospital due to a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Her clinical condition worsened, and she finally died because of respiratory failure, hemodynamic instability, and mucormycosis with invasion into the orbit and probably the brain. According to DNA sequence analysis of the fungus isolated from the patient,
was involved. This is the first published case of CAM and the third case of mucormycosis due to this mold. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Review-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Feature-5 ObjectType-Article-4 ObjectType-Report-1 Edited by: Thuy Le, Duke University, United States Reviewed by: Fatemeh Ahangarkani, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran; Eman A. Gouda M. Youssef, Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation, United States This article was submitted to Fungal Pathogenesis, a section of the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology |
ISSN: | 2235-2988 2235-2988 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fcimb.2022.898477 |