Anuradha Chowdhary, Nitesh Gupta, Sebastian Wurster, Raj Kumar, Jason T Mohabir, Shashidhar Tatavarthy, Vikas Mittal, Preeti Rani, Purabi Barman, Neelam Sachdeva, Ashutosh Singh, Brijesh Sharma, Ying Jiang, Christina A Cuomo, Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis
BACKGROUND: The etiology of the major outbreak of COVID-19-associated mucormycosis (CAM) in India in spring 2021 remains incompletely understood. Herein, we provide a multifaceted and multi-institutional analysis of clinical, pathogen-related, environmental, and healthcare-related factors during CAM outbreak in the metropolitan New Delhi area. METHODS: We reviewed medical records of all patients diagnosed with biopsy-proven CAM (n=50) at 7 hospitals in the New Delhi, and NCR area in April-June 2021...
February 15, 2023: Mycoses