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Bangladesh has reported a patient who recovered from the coronavirus infection in Satkhira as the first case of mucormycosis or black fungus. );
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The person was diagnosed with mucormycosis while undergoing medical tests at BIRDEM General Hospital in May, said Director General Prof MKI Quayyum Choudhury. “The patient was earlier diagnosed with coronavirus in Khulna.”
Prof Choudhury, when asked if the patient had travelled to India, could not provide further details.
Mucormycosis or black fungus is a fungal infection, which is rare but can be fatal. In 50 percent of the cases, this fungal infection causes death.
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