COVID-19-associated mucormycosis: A review of an emergent epidemic fungal infection in the era of COVID-19 pandemic

Vinay Chamola¹, Rasoul Mohammadi², Harish Nair³, Adit Goyal⁴, Aarya Patel⁵, Vikas Hassija⁴, Matteo Bassetti⁶, Pratik Narang⁷, Roger Paredes⁸, Jose R Santos⁹, Seyed Jamal Hashemi¹⁰, Mahnaz Pejman Sani¹¹, Kiana Shirani¹², Neda Alijani¹³, Bahareh Abtahi Naeini¹⁴, Mohsen Pourazizi¹⁵, Seyed Hamidreza Abtahi¹⁶, Farzin Khorvash¹⁷, Mahdi Khanjari¹⁸, Kazem Ahmadikia^10
1 Medsupervision Pvt. Ltd., Faridabad, Haryana; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Internet of Things Research Group, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani Campus, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
² Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
³ Usher Institute, Edinburgh Medical School, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland EH8 9 AG, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁴ Department of Computer Science and IT, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁵ Vitrana, a Lifesciences and Pharmacovigilance Company, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
⁶ Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa and Policlinico San Martino IRCCS Hospital, Genoa, Italy
⁷ Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani Campus, Pilani, Rajasthan, India
⁸ Department of Infectious Diseases, irsiCaixa AIDS Research Institute, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain
⁹ Department of Infectious Diseases, AIDS Fight Foundation, Germans Trias i Pujol University Hospital, Badalona, Spain
¹⁰ Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
¹¹ Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
¹² Nosocomial Infection Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
¹³ Department of Infectious Disease, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
¹⁴ Division of Pediatric Dermatology, Department of Pediatrics, Imam Hossein Children's Hospital; Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
¹⁵ Isfahan Eye Research Center, Department of Ophthalmology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
¹⁶ Department of Otolaryngology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
¹⁷ Acquired Immunodeficiency Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
¹⁸ Department of Burn and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, School of Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran

Correspondence Address:
Dr. Kazem Ahmadikia
Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran
Dr. Rasoul Mohammadi
Department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology, School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
Iran

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/jrms.jrms_1090_21