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  • Title: Rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis caused by Rhizopus microsporus var. microsporus in a diabetic patient with COVID-19.
    Author: Munhoz SD, Lellis RF, Reis APC, Del Negro GMB, Sousa MGT, Veasey JV.
    Journal: An Bras Dermatol; 2022; 97(4):501-504. PubMed ID: 35691738.
    Abstract:
    COVID-19 disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causes a wide range of clinical manifestations, ranging from mild to severe, with the main ones affecting the respiratory tract, such as pneumonia. In patients with greater severity, the high frequency of bacterial and fungal coinfection stands out, a situation related both to the patient's pre-existing comorbidities and due to the hospitalization itself. Cases of mucormycosis associated with COVID-19 were highlighted in the lay and scientific media, with the increase in mycosis cases being directly and indirectly attributed to the viral infection. This report describes a case of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a diabetic patient hospitalized for COVID-19, whose diagnosis was confirmed by identifying the agent Rhizopus microsporus var. microsporus through culture for fungi and PCR examination.
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