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Father-Son COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: Important role of genetic susceptibility in combination with environmental factors.

Mohsen PouraziziBahram EshraghiRoya AzadKimia AfsharIman Mohammadbeigy
Published in: Clinical case reports (2022)
In this report, a father with a history of diabetes mellitus and his son without a remarkable past medical history, both got COVID-19- associated mucormycosis (CAM) as evidenced by their clinical and radiological findings. This suggests the possible role of genetics in combination with the environment in susceptibility to CAM.
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