Mucormycosis is a very commonly encountered disease in the sinonasal region patients with diabetes and immunocompromised status specially northern part of Indian continent. Due to its fulminant nature involvement rhino-orbital-cerebral region, prognosis poor even after extensive debridement amphotericin-B therapy. We present case diagnosis sarcoidosis being treated systemic steroids who develop...

Mucormycosis recently known with the term as black fungus belongs to Zygomycetes family. It is a filamentous non-septate fungus. not novel disease, although it becoming more well-known result of extensive transmission COVID-19-associated mucormycosis. COVID-19 currently undergoing catastrophic phase, which being exacerbated by devastating spread identifies target site exploiting conditions such...

Introduction: An abrupt increase in the mucormycosis patients india during COVID 19 pandemic was observed. A collective study conducted tertiary care hospitals Aurangabad.
 Materials and Methods: retrospective descriptive Aurangabad (Maharashtra), association with Municipal Corporation (AMC), oralcare.co.in SNDH Hospital, Aurangabad. Data collected by AMC from 3 major present where treatme...

Results Total 152 patients were included and their average age (SD) were 66.83 years (6.52), 73% women, 78% Caucasian and 22% Hispanic. Arterial hypertension was the most frequent comorbidity (27%), followed by chronic rhino sinusitis (14%), RGE (10%), diabetes (5%) and obesity (5%). Other comorbidities were also searched, but they were only found in a few patients, such as eosinophilia esophag...

A middle-aged man with multiple comorbidities including uncontrolled diabetes mellitus presented shortness of breath and lethargy for six days. He was treated COVID-19 pneumonia, requiring high cumulative steroid therapy. After 15 days treatment, he developed right orbital apex syndrome central retinal artery occlusion secondary to invasive mucormycosis. The infection progressed rapidly despite...