Purvi Tiwari

Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical, India

Publications

  • Review Article   
    Mucormycosis and Its Fate in COVID Infected Patients
    Author(s): Purvi Tiwari* and Swarupa Chakole

    Background: The world has seen an endemic like never before, the disease which is devastating and destructing to human mankind. COVID-19 infection (SARS-Cov-2) spreads like a web all over the world and when the whole world was busy in fighting with COVID, another deadly infection i.e. Mucormycosis was making home. Mucormycosis a rare but life threatening fungal infection produced havoc in our country. Its actual cause is unknown but many theories and evidences have been given which states that its probable cause might be the overuse of steroids in moderately to severe COVID infected patient. Steroids lower down the immune response of the body thus, giving shelter to such opportunistic infection. Along with steroids, diabetes being a high risk factor for its development. In COVID infection there is high blood sugar level due to broad antibiotic coverage, steroids u.. Read More»

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