Molecular detection and identification of fungal pathogens infections occurring in COVID-19 recovered patients

• Published in: Virusdisease Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 88 - 91
• Main Authors: Lakshmipathy, Dhanurekha, Appakudal Ramaswamy, Anand, Maharajan, Hema Raja Pushpam, Anand, Revathy Menon, Thangam, Aishwariya, Santharaj, Ranjith Kumar
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Delhi Springer India 01-03-2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bacterial infections; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Cell Biology; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Females; Life Sciences; Microbiology; Mucormycosis; Protein Structure; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Short Communication; Microbial infection; Molecular detection; COVID recovered patients
• ISSN: 2347-3584; 2347-3517
• DOI: 10.1007/s13337-022-00805-8

The major outbreak of Corona virus disease COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 had brought about 4.55 million deaths and had shaken the health care system all over the world. From the year 2020 the recovered COVID-19 patients had started to develop microbial infection, most predominantly fungal infection in which Mucormycosis gained immediate attention as it has worsen the mortality rate in humans. In the present study of 53 COVID-19 recovered patients presented with microbial infection, the analysis of frequency distribution of fungal infection preponderantly with
Rhizopus oryzae
, followed by Aspergillus and Candida species.