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Microbiological assessment of COVID-19 associated acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis: A tertiary hospital based study

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Medical mycology
Medical virology

Abstract

Background:  Acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis (AIFRS) is an emerging disease on top of SARS CoV-2 virus infection and associated with severe and fatal prognosis especially in the presence of other immunosuppressive conditions. Aim of study: Identification of the causative agents of AIFRS in COVID-19 patients and its impact on the survival outcome. Methods: This retrospective study was carried out on 70 clinically and radiologically diagnosed AIFRS patients either in concomitant with COVID-19 infection or following recovery. Exudates from the lesions were collected during surgical debridement. Both microbiological and pathological examinations were done to identify the type of the causative fungi followed by assessment of the relation between different type of fungi and the outcome in the affected patients. Results: Positive fungal cultures were detected in 54 cases out of 70 where Mucor species were the most common isolates (42 patients) and only 12 cases were proven to be Aspergillus species. All patients were diabetic and under steroid therapy. Mortality rate was 42.9% and 25% in mucormycosis and aspergillosis respectively. High dose of steroid together with Mucor species infection were the most important risk factors in determining the prognosis and the outcome of the infection. Conclusion: Microbiological diagnosis together with other methods plays an important role in accurate and rapid diagnosis of AIFRS in association with COVID-19 for proper management and improving the outcome.

DOI

10.21608/mid.2022.130002.1268

Keywords

AIFRS, COVID-19, mucormycosis, Aspergillosis

Authors

First Name

Esraa

Last Name

Mohamed

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A

Affiliation

Department of medical microbiology and immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt

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esraaaziz87@gmail.com

City

Tanta

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First Name

Kamal

Last Name

Ebeid

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-

Affiliation

Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt

Email

kamal.ebeid@med.tanta.edu.eg

City

Tanta

Orcid

-

First Name

Dareen

Last Name

Mohamed

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt

Email

dareenaziz21@gmail.com

City

Tanta

Orcid

-

First Name

Ayman

Last Name

ELsaka

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-

Affiliation

Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt

Email

ayman_saka@hotmail.com

City

Tanta

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-

First Name

Sara

Last Name

Samy

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-

Affiliation

Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt

Email

sara.meseha@med.tanta.edu.eg

City

Tanta

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Volume

3

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

35766

Issue Date

2022-08-01

Receive Date

2022-03-28

Publish Date

2022-08-01

Page Start

522

Page End

533

Print ISSN

2682-4132

Online ISSN

2682-4140

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1,157

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Publication Title

Microbes and Infectious Diseases

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Microbiological assessment of COVID-19 associated acute invasive fungal rhinosinusitis: A tertiary hospital based study

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22 Jan 2023