| Autor: |
Ermilov VV; Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia., Smirnov AV; Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia.; Volgograd Medical Research Center, Volgograd, Russia., Dorofeev NA; Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia.; Volgograd Medical Research Center, Volgograd, Russia., Grigor'eva NV; Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia., Tarasova NV; Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia., Kushniruk PI; Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia., Karadzhe M; Volgograd Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1, Volgograd, Russia., Barkanov VB; Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia., Chernetsky OA; Volgograd Regional Pathological Bureau, Volgograd, Russia., Poplavsky AE; Volgograd Regional Pathological Bureau, Volgograd, Russia., Nesterova AA; Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia., Lozovik VV; Volgograd Regional Clinical Hospital No. 1, Volgograd, Russia., Somova VV; Volgograd State Medical University, Volgograd, Russia. |
| Abstrakt: |
The problem of fungal infections in the era of COVID-19 has acquired special significance. This infection, directly or indirectly, through the use of glucocorticoids and antibiotics in its treatment, as well as poorer self-management of chronic diseases, has led to a wide spread of risk factors for fungal diseases among people who have had a novel coronavirus infection. The article presents two cases of COVID-19-associated mycosis, more related to mucormycosis, which were diagnosed by ophthalmologists in the Volgograd region. In the first case, the severe course of rhino-orbito-cerebral form of mucormycosis required a number of surgical interventions and prolonged treatment in the intensive care unit. In the second case, the patient asked for help without signs of aggravation of the general condition, but with irreversible local manifestations. In both cases, the eyeball was removed. Morphological examination revealed aseptal ribbon hyphae of different diameters, branching mainly at right angles, more typical for fungi of the Mucorales family. Due to the severe consequences of the disease, clinicians, including ophthalmologists, need to be especially alertness in patients with the described symptoms and risk factors in the post-COVID period. |
