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Prosthetic rehabilitation of post-COVID mucormycosis
Ayana Shalimon, R Ravichandran, K Harsha Kumar, S Aneesh
Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Ayana Shalimon
Department of Prosthodontics, Government Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram - 695 011, Kerala
India
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DOI: 10.4103/jid.jid_32_22
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Mucormycosis is one of the most rapidly fulminating fatal mycotic infections in human beings leading to necrosis and destruction of the involved structures. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, has been associated with a wide range of opportunistic bacterial and fungal infections. Increasing case of mucormycosis has been seen in patients affected by COVID-19. This article includes a case report on diagnosis, pharmacological, surgical management, and prosthetic rehabilitation of post-COVID mucormycosis.
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