An interesting report of COVID-19 associated mucormycosis (CAM) cases by two different species of Mucorales.

COVID-associated mucormycosis India Mucorales diabetes mellitus mixed species

Journal

Indian journal of medical microbiology
ISSN: 1998-3646
Titre abrégé: Indian J Med Microbiol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8700903

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
24 Jun 2024
Historique:
received: 07 03 2024
revised: 22 05 2024
accepted: 23 06 2024
medline: 27 6 2024
pubmed: 27 6 2024
entrez: 26 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

During surge of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM), we identified five cases of CAM where two different species of Mucorales were isolated. All had history of diabetes mellitus and presented with clinical features suggesting rhino-orbital mucormycosis. The patients grew different species from their nasal scraping/biopsy samples, Rhizopus arrhizus, R. homothallicus (n=2); R. homothallicus, Lictheimia corymbifera (n=1); R. arrhizus, Mucor spp (n=1); and L. corymbifera, Apophysomyces variabilis (n=1). All patients underwent surgical and medical (liposomal amphotericin B) treatment. All, except one growing A. variabilis and L. corymbifera survived. Mixed infection by more than one Mucorales in CAM is unique and warrants epidemiological investigation.

Identifiants

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2024.100656 PMID: 38925278
pubmed: 38925278
pii: S0255-0857(24)00131-2
doi: 10.1016/j.ijmmb.2024.100656
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doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

100656

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Copyright © 2024 Indian Association of Medical Microbiologists. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of Competing Interest ☒ The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper. ☐ The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:

Auteurs

Harsimran Kaur (H)

Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: drharsimranpgi@gmail.com.

Rimjhim Kanaujia (R)

Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: rim.pgimer@gmail.com.

Gyanaranjan Nayak (G)

Department of Otolaryngology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: gyani.nayak@gmail.com.

Anurag Snehi Ramavat (AS)

Department of Otolaryngology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: ramavatanu@gmail.com.

Sourabha Patro (S)

Department of Otolaryngology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: sourabhlipi@gmail.com.

Anup Ghosh (A)

Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: anupkg3@gmail.com.

Arunaloke Chakrabarti (A)

Doodhdhari Burfani Hospital, Bhupatwala, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India. Electronic address: arunaloke@hotmail.com.

Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy (SM)

Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. Electronic address: mrshivprakash@gmail.com.

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