POST COVID EFFECTS OF BLACK FUNGUS MUCORMYCOSIS: A REVIEW

Mucormycosis is a disease caused by the fungi belonging to order mucorales which affects mainly immunocompromised patients. These are found in soil and decomposition of plants animals from sporangiospores released air then inhaled resulting infection based on host resistance. The cases increasing conditions with malnutrition, diabetes, steroid therapy acidosis. After aspergillosis candidiasis, mucormycosis third most common invasive fungal infection.The genera that has been identified include mucor, rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Absidia, Apophysomyces, Cunninghamella sakhsanaea. Five major forms rhino-orbito-cerebral, pulmonary, disseminated, cutaneous gastrointestinal.There difference epidemiology between developed developing countries. In countries even though uncommon, they patients diabetes mellitus hematological malignancies undergoing chemotherapy. While seen withdiabetes trauma.