Mucormycosis complicating diabetes mellitus and COVID-19: a diagnostic and therapeutic threat

Authors

  • Sophia Amalanathan Department of ENT, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India
  • Kumaran Ramesh Colbert Department of ENT, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India
  • Satish Kumar Chockalingam Department of ENT, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India
  • Sankappa Pundalikappa Sinhasan Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India
  • Chaitra Jadhav Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-5929.ijohns20211194

Keywords:

COVID-19, Diabetes mellitus, Orbital cellulitis, Mucormycosis

Abstract

COVID-19 infections is known to have a multitude of clinical presentations, and newer clinical complications continue to be reported from all over the world. It is now widely known that the diabetic patients with poor glycemic control are associated with a higher risk of developing severe COVID-19 infection. They are also at a high risk for developing secondary bacterial or fungal, co infections because of the complex interplay of multiple risk factors , necessitating an intensive medical care and monitoring in them. We are presenting a case of mucormycosis in a diabetic patient with moderate COVID pneumonia that presented to us as orbital cellulitis and the events that followed. There have been very few documented cases of mucormycosis in COVID infected diabetic patients so far during this pandemic and we also present a literature review of the same.

Author Biographies

Sophia Amalanathan, Department of ENT, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India

Associate Professor ,Department of ENT,IGMC & RI, Pondicherry

Kumaran Ramesh Colbert, Department of ENT, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India

Professor and Head of the Department of ENT

Satish Kumar Chockalingam, Department of ENT, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India

Assistant Professor Department of ENT

Sankappa Pundalikappa Sinhasan, Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India

Associate Professor Department of Pathology

Chaitra Jadhav, Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, India

Associate professor Department of Pathology

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2021-03-24

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