A Case Report of Post-Covid Mucormycosis of Mandible

Mrunmayee Shrikant Durugkar; Swati Jadhav; Mahendra Patait; Sushilkumar Bagul

doi:10.36437/ijdrd.2023.5.3.D

Mrunmayee Shrikant Durugkar Private Practitioner, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Maharashtra, India.
Swati Jadhav Private Practitioner, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Maharashtra, India.
Mahendra Patait Professor and HOD, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, SMBT Dental College and Hospital, Sangamner, Maharashtra, India.
Sushilkumar Bagul Associate Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SMBT Dental College and Hospital, Sangamner, Maharashtra, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36437/ijdrd.2023.5.3.D

Keywords: Fungal, COVID Associated Mucormycosis, Mandible, Mucormycosis

Abstract

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has affected the world and has been considered a pandemic disease. It came with the risk of co-infections. Mucormycosis is one of them. It is a severe fungal infectious disease. Mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients presented an additional challenge for health care. It is considered that coronavirus disease 2019 patients having uncontrolled diabetes, high‑dose steroid therapy, and exposure to mechanical ventilation have developed mucormycosis. Amphotericin B is the drug of choice for mucormycosis, also posaconazole or isavuconazole is used for step‑down therapy and salvage therapy. It was commonly seen in paranasal sinues among which the maxillary sinus was a common site. This case report presents the case of mucormycosis of the mandible in a patient with having history of COVID–19.

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