Risk factors affecting outcome of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients

Risk factors affecting outcome of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients

Abstract Background Mucormycosis is a serious life-threatening fungal infection that recently made severe sudden and devastating surge during the second wave of the COVID-19 epidemic with a mortality rate of up to 50%. Although the causality link between COVID-19 and rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycos...

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Main Authors: Mina Fayez Saleeb, Sabry Magdy Sabry, Mohammad Salah Mahmoud, Mena Maher Nassif
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-06-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology
Subjects:
Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis
COVID-19
Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus
Invasive fungal infection
Steroids
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43163-023-00406-2

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s43163-023-00406-2

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