As the virus sowed, the fungus reaped! A comparative analysis of the clinico-epidemiological characteristics of rhino-orbital mucormycosis before and during COVID-19 pandemic.

Manjul MuraleedharanNaresh Kumar PandaPrerna AngrishKanika AroraSourabha Kumar PatroSandeep BansalArunaloke ChakrabartiShivaprakash Mandya RudramurthyJaimanti BakshiSatyawati MohindraRijuneeta GuptaRamandeep Singh VirkRoshan Kumar VermaAnurag Snehi RamavatGyanaranjan Nayak

Published in: Mycoses (2022)

COVID-19 has caused a statistically significant increase in the number of mucormycosis infections. The mortality and morbidity which showed an increase during the first wave of COVID-19 decreased significantly during the epidemic period.

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