COVID-19 associated mucormycosis: a life-threatening complication in patients admitted with severe to critical COVID-19 from Pakistan

Clin Microbiol Infect. 2021 Nov;27(11):1704-1707. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2021.07.038. Epub 2021 Aug 8.

Authors

Nosheen Nasir¹, Joveria Farooqi², Syed Faisal Mahmood¹, Kauser Jabeen³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. Electronic address: kausar.jabeen@aku.edu.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Observational Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19 / complications*
COVID-19 / epidemiology
COVID-19 / mortality
Cohort Studies
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mucormycosis / epidemiology*
Mucormycosis / etiology
Mucormycosis / mortality*
Pakistan / epidemiology
Risk Factors
SARS-CoV-2 / genetics
Severity of Illness Index
Tertiary Care Centers / statistics & numerical data