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A Fatal Case of Rhizopus azygosporus Pneumonia Following COVID-19

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Department of Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine, Beebe Healthcare, Lewes, DE 19958, USA
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Epidemiologist, Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329-4018, USA
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Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Beebe Healthcare, Lewes, DE 19958, USA
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Department of Internal Medicine, Beebe Healthcare, Lewes, DE 19958, USA
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Late Sequelae Unit, CDC COVID-19 Response Clinical Team, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30329-4018, USA
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J. Fungi 2021, 7(3), 174; https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7030174
Received: 11 February 2021 / Revised: 24 February 2021 / Accepted: 26 February 2021 / Published: 28 February 2021
(This article belongs to the Section Fungal Pathogenesis and Disease Control)
We report a fatal case of Rhizopus azygosporus pneumonia in a 56-year-old man hospitalized for COVID-19 who had received methylprednisolone and tocilizumab. Although COVID-associated pulmonary aspergillosis has been widely documented, mucormycosis has been rarely reported. In this patient, receipt of two commonly used immunosuppressants likely contributed to mucormycosis risk, suggesting the need for vigilance in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. View Full-Text
Keywords: mucormycosis; COVID-19; pneumonia; Rhizopus mucormycosis; COVID-19; pneumonia; Rhizopus
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Kanwar, A.; Jordan, A.; Olewiler, S.; Wehberg, K.; Cortes, M.; Jackson, B.R. A Fatal Case of Rhizopus azygosporus Pneumonia Following COVID-19. J. Fungi 2021, 7, 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7030174

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Kanwar A, Jordan A, Olewiler S, Wehberg K, Cortes M, Jackson BR. A Fatal Case of Rhizopus azygosporus Pneumonia Following COVID-19. Journal of Fungi. 2021; 7(3):174. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7030174

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Kanwar, Anubhav, Alex Jordan, Scott Olewiler, Kurt Wehberg, Michael Cortes, and Brendan R. Jackson. 2021. "A Fatal Case of Rhizopus azygosporus Pneumonia Following COVID-19" Journal of Fungi 7, no. 3: 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7030174

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