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Sinonasal mucormycosis during 2 years of COVID-19 pandemic in central Iran: incidence rate and clinical features by Mohammadhossein Dadgarnia; Mohammad Mandegari; Mohammadhossein Baradaranfar; Sedighe Vaziribozorg; Mahsa Abdollahpour is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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Introduction: As a novel infectious disease, COVID-19 is caused by SARS-COV-2, spreading rapidly worldwide. ENT specialists have faced this challenging disease in various ways since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are currently facing an increase in cases referred due to sinonasal mucormycosis which is a rare but invasive, rapidly progressive, and life-threatening infection. We provide an overview of this disease's incidence rate and clinical features. Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 46 sinonasal mucormycosis patients who were histopathologically confirmed after sinonasal endoscopic surgery in our educational therapeutic hospital during 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic from March 20, 2020, to March 20, 2022. Results: There was an increase in the incidence of mucormycosis more than twice as much as before. All patients had a history of COVID-19 and 69.6% were diabetic. The median time to symptom onset from COVID-19 detection was 3.3 weeks. A total of 60.9% received steroids while 85.7% were prescribed during COVID-19 treatment. The most common manifestation was orbital involvement (80.4%). Of the 46 study cases, unfortunately, 17 (37%) die

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Author

Mohammadhossein Dadgarnia; Mohammad Mandegari; Mohammadhossein Baradaranfar; Sedighe Vaziribozorg; Mahsa Abdollahpour

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2023

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)