“White fungus (Candida) causing multifocal perforations in the food pipe, small bowel and large bowel in COVID-19 infection has not been reported in literature to the best of our knowledge,” Dr Anil Arora, Chairman of the Institute of Liver, Gastroenterology and Pancreaticobiliary Sciences at the hospital, said.
A 49-year-old woman, belonging to the National Capital Region (NCR), has been detected with white fungus infection at Delhi s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital after she was admitted there on May 13 with complaints of severe abdominal pain, vomiting and constipation.
India's capital Delhi reported its first case of white fungus, which causes multiple perforations in the intestine of a Covid-19 patient, doctors in a leading private hospital said today. "White fungus (Candida) causing multifocal perforations in the food pipe, small bowel and large bowel in a Covid-19 patient has not been reported in literature to the best of our knowledge,"
In a rare case, White Fungus (Candida) has caused "multifocal perforations" in the food pipeline, small bowl and large bowl in a post Covid-19 patient a case different from known infections of the disease that creates problem in .
Delhi s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital reported a unique White Fungus case in a Covid patient (Representational)
New Delhi:
Delhi s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) has come across a first-of-its-kind case of White Fungus which causes multiple perforations throughout the intestine in a COVID-19 patient, doctors said today. White Fungus (Candida) causing multifocal perforations in the food pipe, small bowel and large bowel in COVID-19 infection has not been reported in literature to the best of our knowledge, Dr Anil Arora, Chairman of the Institute of Liver, Gastroenterology and Pancreaticobiliary Sciences at the hospital, told news agency Press Trust of India.