New Delhi:
Doctors at a foremost private hospital in Delhi reported an alarming rise in the cases of black fungus or Mucormycisis in COVID-19 patients.
What Is Mucormycosis or Black Fungus? Black fungus or Mucormycosis, previously known to the medical sciences as zygomycosis is a fungal disease that is triggered by the COVID-19 virus. It is a rare yet serious disease caused by a group of molds called mucormycetes that lives throughout the environment. Mucormycosis mainly acts on people who have health problems and weak immunity making their bodies inefficient to fight against infectious germs and illnesses. This disease has been proved to be fatal for patients in transplants, ICUs, and immunodeficient patients.
India: Covid-induced black fungus cases reported in Delhi hospital
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Black fungus or mucormycisis is a fungal infection triggered by Covid-19.
Doctors at a leading private facility in Delhi are witnessing a rise in the number of Covid-triggered mucormycisis cases, according to a statement from the hospital.
Mucormycisis is a fungal infection triggered by Covid-19. Black fungus or mucormycosis has been a cause of disease and death of patients in transplants, ICUs and immunodeficient patients since long.
Dr Manish Munjal, senior ENT surgeon at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, said: We are seeing a rise again in this dangerous fungal infection triggered by Covid-19. In the last two days, we have admitted six cases of mucormycisis. Last year, this deadly infection caused a high mortality with many patients suffering from the loss of eyesight and the removal of the nose and the jaw bone.
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Doctors in Delhi have been detecting more cases of Covid-induced black fungus (REUTERS)
A hospital in Delhi, the epicentre of coronavirus in India, has reported the resurgence of deadly Covid-induced black fungal infections in patients.
These types of infections can cause loss of sight and can lead to corrective measures such as the amputation of the affected area. According to Delhi doctors patients who contract black fungus only have a 50 percent survival rate.
The cases of black fungus, or mucormycosis, are being seen in more patients due to the fact that the number of Covid-19 cases are increasing, Dr Atul Gogia from Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital told
COVID-triggered black fungus cases reported in Delhi; what s this dangerous fungal infection?
Six cases of this mucormycosis, a fungal infection caused due to COVID-19 were admitted in the last two days at Delhi s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
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Delhi s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has reported a rise in the number of COVID-induced mucormycosis or black fungus cases. Senior ENT surgeon at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Dr Manish Munjal said that six cases of this infection were admitted in the last two days.
Mucormycosis is a fungal infection caused due to COVID-19. The infection, also known as black fungus, has led to both disease and death of patients in ICUs, transplants, and immunodeficient patients since long.
Delhi’s Ganga Ram hospital on Thursday reported a spike in COVID-19 triggered Mucormycosis or black fungus cases. Black fungus or mucormycosis has been a cause of disease and death of patients in transplants, ICUs and immunodeficient patients since long.
Dr Manish Munjal, senior ENT surgeon at the facility said, the hospital has seen six cases of mucormycosis in last two days . Last year, this deadly infection caused a high mortality with many patients suffering from the loss of eyesight and the removal of the nose and the jaw bone, he told news agency PTI. Mucormycosis mainly affects people who have health problems or take medicines that lower the body’s ability to fight germs and sickness. The disease can be fatal.