Mucormycosis associated with COVID-19 in two kidney transplant patients.

Carolt Arana Aliaga Rafael E Cuevas Ramírez Marc Xipell Joaquim Casals Asunción Moreno Sabina Herrera Marta Bodro Frederic Cofan Fritz Diekmann Núria Esforzado

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2021)

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) predisposes patients to bacterial and fungal superinfections due to the impairment of the immunological system. Among the associated opportunistic fungal infections, mucormycosis is one of the least frequent but with the highest mortality. We describe two cases of mucormycosis in two kidney transplant recipients, while they were hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia, with rhinosinusal and musculoskeletal involvement, respectively.

Keyphrases

coronavirus disease
sars cov
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
cardiovascular disease
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
risk factors
patient reported