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| SYSTEMATIC REVIEW |
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| Year : 2021 | Volume
: 53
| Issue : 4 | Page : 317-327 |
Rhino-orbital-cerebral-mucormycosis in COVID-19: A systematic review
Anusuya Bhattacharyya1, Phulen Sarma2, Dibya Jyoti Sharma3, Karuna Kumar Das4, Hardeep Kaur2, Manisha Prajapat2, Subodh Kumar2, Seema Bansal2, Ajay Prakash2, Pramod Avti5, Prasad Thota6, Dibbanti Harikrishna Reddy7, Bhaswati Sharma Gautam8, Bikash Medhi2
1 Department of Ophthalmology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Bathinda, Punjab, India
2 Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER, Bathinda, Punjab, India
3 Department of Internal Medicine, Silchar Medical College and Hospital, Assam, India
4 Department of Anaesthesia, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Assam, India
5 Biophysics, PGIMER, Bathinda, Punjab, India
6 Scientific Officer, Department of Pharmacology, Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
7 Department of Pharmacology, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, Punjab, India
8 Department of Microbiology, Assam Medical College and Hospital, Assam, India
Correspondence Address:
Prof. Bikash Medhi
Department of Pharmacology, PGIMER, Chandigarh - 160 012
India
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DOI: 10.4103/ijp.ijp_419_21
Since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, parallel opportunistic infections have also been emerging as another disease spectrum. Among all these opportunistic infection, mucormycosis has become a matter of concern with its rapid increase of cases with rapid spread as compared to pre-COVID-19 era. Cases have been reported in post-COVID-19-related immune suppression along with the presence of comorbidity which adds on the deadly outcome. There is no systematic review addressing the issue of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis. This is the first systematic review of published studies of mucormycosis associated with COVID-19. The aim was to analyze the real scenario of the disease statement including all the published studies from first November 2019 to 30th June to analyze the contemporary epidemiology, clinical manifestations, risk factor, prognosis, and treatment outcome of COVID-19 associated rhino-orbito-cerebral-mucormycosis. A comprehensive literature search was done in following databases, namely, PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, and EMBASE using keywords mucormycosis, rhino orbital cerebral mucormycosis, COVID-19, and SARS-CoV-2 (from November 01, 2019 to June 30, 2021). Our study shows that, while corticosteroids have proved to be lifesaving in severe to critical COVID-19 patients, its indiscriminate use has come with its price of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis epidemic, especially in India especially in patients with preexisting diabetes mellitus with higher mortality. Corticosteroid use should be monitored and all COVID-19 patients should be closely evaluated/monitored for sequelae of immunosuppression following treatment.
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