Mucormycosis infection in severe COVID-19 patient with multiple underlying health conditions

Zahra Heydarifard; Moslem Safaei; Sevrin Zadheidar; Soroush Ehsan; Nazanin Zahra Shafiei-Jandaghi

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5009

Mucormycosis infection in severe COVID-19 patient with multiple underlying health conditions

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Oct 28;9(10):e05009. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5009. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Authors

Zahra Heydarifard¹, Moslem Safaei², Sevrin Zadheidar¹, Soroush Ehsan³, Nazanin Zahra Shafiei-Jandaghi¹

Affiliations

¹ Virology Department School of Public Health Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.
² Department of Pharmacy School of Pharmacy Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Science Yazd Iran.
³ Department of Neurology Valiasr Naja Hospital Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Tehran Iran.

Abstract

Patients with underlying health conditions are vulnerable to invasive fungal infection following COVID-19. It seems that uncontrolled diabetes mellitus makes patients susceptible to both severe COVID-19 and mucormycosis.

Keywords: SARS‐CoV‐2; mucormycosis; severe COVID‐19; underlying health conditions.

Publication types

Case Reports