Rhino-Orbital Mucormycosis Associated With COVID-19
Lilavati Hospital & Research Centre
Abstract
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections may be associated with a wide range of bacterial and fungal co-infections. We report the case of a patient with COVID-19 infection, which, during the course of the treatment, developed rhino-orbital mucormycosis. A 60- year-old male patient, a longstanding diabetic, with a positive reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was admitted for treatment. He received parenteral meropenem and oral oseltamivir with parenteral methylprednisolone. Over the course of the admission, he developed signs of orbital cellulitis. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain, orbits, and paranasal…
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2Topics & keywords
- Medicine
- Mucormycosis
- Paranasal sinuses
- Sinusitis
- Cellulitis
- Voriconazole
- Dermatology
- Pathology
- Good health and well-being