Two display black fungus symptoms in Kannur
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7 suspected cases at medical college
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7 suspected cases at medical college
Two of seven persons admitted at the Kannur Government Medical College Hospital have shown all the symptoms of Mucormycosis, commonly called black fungus, a rare but serious infection caused by the fungus called mucormycete.
Black fungus cases have been reported from other districts in the State earlier, but no cases had been detected in Kannur and Kasaragod districts so far.
According to health officials at the medical college, the seven suspected cases of black fungus have been getting treated at the hospital for the past one week.