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Collection and Extraction of Occupational Air Samples for Analysis of Fungal DNA
Published on: May 2, 2018
Molecular detection and identification of fungal pathogens infections occurring in COVID-19 recovered patients
Dhanurekha Lakshmipathy1, Anand Appakudal Ramaswamy2, Hema Raja Pushpam Maharajan1
1Sankara Nethralaya Referral Laboratory, Medical Research Foundation, No: 21, Pycrofts Garden Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai, 600 006 India.
Abstract:
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.
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