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Once the fungus crosses over into the brain, the mortality can be as high as 70-80 per cent, doctors say

How prevalent is the disease? Can it be prevented?

Doctors see surge in mucormycosis cases Updated: Updated: May 11, 2021 23:37 IST It is a fungal infection in patients cured of COVID-19 and linked to blood sugar and steroid treatment Share Article AAA It is a fungal infection in patients cured of COVID-19 and linked to blood sugar and steroid treatment ENT specialists and ophthalmologists in the city have begun to see cases of the very aggressive, invasive fungal condition of mucormycosis in patients cured of COVID-19 in the city. Mucormycosis, as per the Centers for Disease Control, is a serious but rare fungal infection caused by a group ...

‘Ethics, empathy and spirituality are going down in medical profession‘ Updated: Updated: It has lost the kind of respect it once had, says Mohan Share Article AAA First copy: Dr. Rajiv Raman, Dr. Mohan Kameshwaran, Venu Srinivasan, Dr. V. Mohan, and Rajiv Menon, at a book launch function on Tuesday.   | Photo Credit: RAGHUNATHAN SR It has lost the kind of respect it once had, says Mohan Ethics, empathy and spirituality were going down in the medical profession due to increased commercialisation, said V. Mohan, chairman, Dr. Mohan’s Diabetes Specialities Centre. Speaking after the la...

Doctors see a surge in patients with the infection; symptoms are reported a few weeks after a patient tests positive