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.
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 .
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New Delhi: The second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is yet to subside, adding to the challenging times is the increasing cases of fungal infections among COVID-19 patient and those who recovered from it. Some states like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Rajasthan among others have declared fungal infection as a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1987. This means that whenever a case of fungal infection is diagnosed, it will have to be mandatorily notified to the respective district authority. While the country was already reporting many cases of ‘Black fungus’ among COVID cases, the recent reports of emergence of ‘White fungus’ and then a case of ‘Yellow fungus’ found in Uttar Pradesh, became a cause of concern. To learn about the recently reported ‘Yellow fungus’, NDTV spoke with Dr
Black Fungus vs White Fungus vs Yellow Fungus: Know symptoms, causes, treatment and severity of 3 fungal infections
COVID-19 Information: As of Saturday, India had over 8,800 cases of Black fungus (mucormycosis) and an unspecified number of ‘White Fungus’ cases with the first ‘yellow fungus’ case being reported out of Ghaziabad on Tuesday.
Publish Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 06:05 PM IST
New Delhi | Jagran Lifestyle Desk: As the country continues to grapple with the Covid-19 pandemic, various deadly fungal infections – namely Black fungus, White fungus and Yellow fungus – are being reported from across the country. As of Saturday, India had over 8,800 cases of Black fungus (mucormycosis) and an unspecified number of ‘White Fungus’ cases with the first ‘yellow fungus’ case being reported out of Ghaziabad on Tuesday. However, Dr Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS cautioned people from addressing ‘the same fungus with names of different colours’.
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