Acta Scientific Otolaryngology (ASOL) (ISSN: 2582-5550)

Review Article Volume 3 Issue 8

Mucormycosis- A Post Covid Challenge in India

Amil Sharma1*, Sarvesha Bhondwe2, Rupali Balpande3, Arpit Sikri4, Sharmishtha Sharma5 and Nirmal Tawar6

1Senior Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

2Professor and Head, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Y C M M & R D F’s Dental College and Hospital, Ahmednagar, India

3Private practitioner Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

4Reader, Bhojia Dental College Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India

5Private Practitioner, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India

6Private Practitioner, Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, India

*Corresponding Author: Amil Sharma, Senior Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Maharana Pratap College of Dentistry and Research Centre, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Received: June 21, 2021; Published: July 14, 2021

Abstract

In 2019, an unknown virus known as Covid-19 was discovered in Wuhan, China. The first case of Covid-19 was discovered in India on January 30, 2020. In March 2020 it was declared as a global pandemic by World Health Organization. In 2021 India faced the 2nd wave of Covid-19. Among the patients recovered from Covid19, few developed opportunistic infection with Black fungus also known as Mucormycosis. Diabetes Mellitus was found to be a risk factor in mucormycosis. The main aim of this article is to conduct a detailed review of mucormycosis infection.

Keywords: Mucormycosis; Covid 19; Steroids; Diabetes Mellitus

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Citation

Citation: Amil Sharma., et al. “Mucormycosis- A Post Covid Challenge in India" Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 3.8 (2021): 65-68.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2021 Amil Sharma., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.




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