Brajpal Tyagi*, Niyati Dhawan and Praveen Kumar Tyagi

Department of ENT, Harsh ENT Hospital, Ghaziabad, India

*Corresponding Author: Brajpal Tyagi, Department of ENT, Harsh ENT Hospital, Ghaziabad, India.

Received: June 21, 2021; Published: July 26, 2021

Introduction

  The second wave of COVID-19 (Delta Variant) Pandemic has devastated India, and this second wave has brought another major concern of Fungal Infections. The country has seen a sudden surge in new types of fungal infections rapidly since the month of May 2021, especially among those patients who have recently recovered from COVID-19. There is a series of fungal infections which has been witnessed recently in the country, after black and white fungus, the cases of yellow fungus have been recently notified among different cities of India. This Yellow Fungus, which is scientifically known as Mucor-septicus, 1/4 (Fuligo-septica) is the most dangerous one according to the experts.

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Citation

Citation: Brajpal Tyagi., et al. “A Case Study on Mucor Septicus (Yellow Fungus) in Post Covid Era". Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 3.8 (2021): 133-135.

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