Cutaneous Mucormycosis in a Patient of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Rarer than Rare Case Report

Rahul R Tambe; Anupa Hinduja; Suchithra Sunil; Ami Varaiya; Amol Joshi

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24026

Cutaneous Mucormycosis in a Patient of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Rarer than Rare Case Report

Indian J Crit Care Med. 2021 Nov;25(11):1318-1319. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24026.

Authors

Rahul R Tambe¹, Anupa Hinduja¹, Suchithra Sunil¹, Ami Varaiya², Amol Joshi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Nanavati Max Super Specialty Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
² Department of Microbiology, Nanavati Max Super Specialty Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
³ Department of General Surgery, Nanavati Max Super Specialty Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19)-associated mucormycosis is on the rise in the Indian subcontinent. We report a unique case of cutaneous mucormycosis in a case of newly diagnosed young diabetic patient with severe COVID-19 pneumonia with post-COVID lung fibrosis. Neither did he have any preceding trauma or wound, nor was there any evidence of any secondary dissemination. Cutaneous mucormycosis without evidence of either is unheard off. Possible risk factors in this case were multiple bacterial secondary infections with the use of higher antibiotics, use of voriconazole for possible aspergillosis, and steroid use.

How to cite this article: Tambe RR, Hinduja A, Sunil S, Varaiya A, Joshi A. Cutaneous Mucormycosis in a Patient of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Rarer than Rare Case Report. Indian J Crit Care Med 2021;25(11):1318-1319.

Keywords: COVID-19 and mucormycosis; COVID-19-associated mucormycosis; Cutaneous mucormycosis; Secondary invasive fungal infection.

Publication types

Case Reports