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Author: Krishna, Vidya; Morjaria, Jaymin; Jalandari, Rona; Omar, Fatima; Kaul, Sundeep
Title: Autoptic identification of disseminated mucormycosis in a young male presenting with cerebrovascular event, multi-organ dysfunction and COVID-19 infection
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  • Document date: 2021_5_28
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    Snippet: Among the secondary fungal infections in Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) infection, Aspergillosis has been reported more often than Mucormycosis. Disseminated mucormycosis is almost always a disease of severely immunosuppressed hosts. We report a young obese Asian male who was admitted with an acute anterior cerebral artery (ACA) territory infarct and severe COVID-19 pneumonitis to the intensive care unit (ICU). He had a complicated stay with recurrent episodes of vasoplegic shock and multi-organ dysf
    Document: Among the secondary fungal infections in Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19) infection, Aspergillosis has been reported more often than Mucormycosis. Disseminated mucormycosis is almost always a disease of severely immunosuppressed hosts. We report a young obese Asian male who was admitted with an acute anterior cerebral artery (ACA) territory infarct and severe COVID-19 pneumonitis to the intensive care unit (ICU). He had a complicated stay with recurrent episodes of vasoplegic shock and multi-organ dysfunction. At autopsy, he was confirmed to have disseminated mucormycosis. We believe this to be the first documented case of disseminated mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host with COVID-19 infection. The lack of sensitive non-invasive modalities and biomarkers to diagnose mucormycosis, along with the extremely high mortality in untreated cases, present a unique challenge to clinicians dealing with critically ill patients with COVID-19.

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