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COVID-19 and mucormycosis in Latin America – An emerging concern

dc.contributor.authorRodriguez-Morales, A.J.
dc.contributor.authorMamani-García, C.S.
dc.contributor.authorNuñez-Lupaca, J.N.
dc.contributor.authorLeón-Figueroa, D.A.
dc.contributor.authorOlarte-Durand, M.
dc.contributor.authorYrene-Cubas, R.A.
dc.contributor.authorTicona, D.M.
dc.contributor.authorAbanto-Urbano, S.
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-31T18:32:33Z
dc.date.available2025-10-31T18:32:33Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12805/4692
dc.description.abstractDuring the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the improper use of corticosteroids and the presence of diabetes mellitus in patients marked the beginning of an increased incidence of fungal infections such as aspergillosis and mucormycosis in patients with this emerging viral infection. Mucormycosis is a common angioinvasive infection with significant morbidity and mortality now complicating the course of, especially severe, COVID-19. The disease spectrum comprises rhino-orbito-cerebral, pulmonary, cutaneous, gastrointestinal and disseminated mucormycosis...en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThis Editorial was developed in the context of the virtual research rotation (pasantía de investigación virtual) of the Peruvian Medical Students Scientific Society (Sociedad Científica Médico Estudiantil Peruana, SOCIMEP) 2021 with the Dr. Rodriguez-Morales.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.relation.ispartofurn:issn:1477-8939
dc.rightshttps://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
dc.subjectSDG 3en_US
dc.subjectInvasive Fungal Infections and Antifungal Resistanceen_US
dc.subjectMucormycosis: Emerging Fungal Infections and Treatmentsen_US
dc.titleCOVID-19 and mucormycosis in Latin America – An emerging concernen_US
dc.typehttps://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_b239
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102156
dc.subject.ocdehttps://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08
dc.type.otherEditorial
dc.identifier.journalTravel Medicine and Infectious Disease
dc.type.versionhttps://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85


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