M. Kaneria, Abhijeet Budhe, Prasenjit Lade, Tejas Poyekar
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), had made its demonic debut on the world stage in December 2019 and has been sweeping across the globe since then. 1 This new kid on the block soon also joined the cluster of risk factors, leading to fungal infections. Cases of mucormycosis, colloquially called “black fungus,” (COVID-19 associated mucormycosis [CAM]), had escalated in India, and the focus then shifted to Candida, the so-called “white fungus.” The dysregulated immune system in COVID-19, along with the immunosuppressants used to treat it, may give rise to fatal secondary infections. We present a patient who had a stormy, prolonged course following COVID-19, with multiple bacterial and viral infections, subsequently culminating in fungal endocarditis with Candida tropicalis.
期刊介绍：
Indian Association of Clinical Medicine is an academic body constituted in the year 1992 by a group of clinicians with the main aim of reaffirming the importance of clinical medicine in this era of high-tech diagnostic modalities. There is no doubt that modern investigational methods have contributed a lot to the present day medical practice but that does not render clinical acumen and examination less important. The art and science of clinical medicine helps up to make proper and judicious use of investigations and not these be the sole basis of our practice. That is the basic idea behind this ''Association''. We presently have members and fellows of the association from all over the country. In August, 2002 the body was registered as "Indian Association of Clinical Medicine" by the Registrar of Societies, Delhi.
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