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Fatal rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis infection associated with diabetic ketoacidosis post-COVID-19
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LACERDA, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães et al. Fatal rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis infection associated with diabetic ketoacidosis post-COVID-19. Revista Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, Uberaba, v. 54, p. 1-4, jun. 2021.
0037-8682
10.1590/0037-8682-0358-2021
1678-9849
Autor
Lacerda, Marcus Vinicius Guimarães
Bonates, Paula
João, Guilherme Augusto Pivoto
Cruz, Kátia Santana
Ferreira, Marcelo de Souza
Baía-da-Silva, Djane Clarys
Farias, Maria Eduarda Leão de
Brito-Sousa, José Diego
Santana, Monique Freire
Oliveira, Luciana Aires de
Cortez, Ana Cláudia Alves
Souza, João Vicente Braga
Resumen
With the progression of the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive drugs to manage critically ill patients has been widely disseminated and likely contributed to the increase in secondary infections and uncontrolled glycemic status1,2. The SARS-CoV2 virus can directly infect T cells and make patients susceptible to secondary infections and severe COVID-19 infection3 .
Among fungal infections, cases of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis, invasive candidiasis, and pneumocystis have been described2-4. Here we report a fatal case of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis in a patient with uncontrolled diabetes after a COVID-19 infection.