Mucormycosis: A Life Threatening Public Health Disease
1 Reader, Department of Prosthodontics, Priyadarshini Dental College & Hospital, Thiruvallur, India.
2 Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Thai Moogambigai Dental College & Hospital Chennai-600 037, India.
Review Article
Magna Scientia Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 07(02), 050–054
Article DOI: 10.30574/msarr.2023.7.2.0041
Publication history:
Received on 06 February 2023; revised on 25 March 2023; accepted on 27 March 2023
Abstract:
The alarming Coronavirus which affected the whole world has resulted in various complication affecting majority of population throughout the world. The pandemic COVID 19 has led to surge of potentially life threatening invasive fungal disease (IFD) called Mucormycosis. It is one of the aggressive devasting disease and is considered as oppurtunistic fungal infection affecting immunocompromised individuals. Mucormycosis, so called Black Fungus is caused by mucormycetes group of molds. India has declared mucormycosis as notifiable disease in May 2021 as rate of COVID 19 associated mucormycosis cases has increased tremendously. This review article presents the causes of this infection,the mode of spread ,sign and symptoms in the human body, and its diagnosis with available recent therapies. The diagnosis and identification of the infection were made possible through various latest medical techniques.
Keywords:
Fungal; Mucormycosis; Transmission; Variant; Isolation
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