World Journal of
Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

BLACK FUNGUS CAUSES DURING POST COVID-19 COMPLICATIONS

Jaspreet Kaur*, Rajinderpal Kaur, Amar Pal Singh, Ajeet Pal Singh, Kiran Bala

ABSTRACT

Covid-19 is a human to human transmitted disease which is declared as a global pandemic that causes unhealthy process in the respiratory system and which leads to the damage to the alveolar with severe inflammatory exudation. A covid-19 patient has lower immunosuppressive CD4+T and CD8+T cells and needs mechanical ventilation, hence longer stay in hospitals. Covid-19 patients have been discovered to develop a fungal infection i.e., Black Fungus which is also known as Mucormycosis. Mucormycosis is a rare and fungal infection that suppresses the immune system. There are somany newly developed medications but curing the infection is still a challenge. To initiate the examination of infection molecular diagnostic techniques, PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction), In Situ hybridizationneeded for the treatment. The management of Mucormycosis depends on underlying factors such as injection of anti-fungal, surgical intervention, and dose of anti-fungal medication.

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