BBC1 年
Mucormycosis: The 'black fungus' maiming Covid patients in India
Even as a deadly second wave of Covid-19 ravages India, doctors are now reporting a rash of cases involving a rare infection - also called the "black fungus" - among recovering and recovered Covid ...
BBC1 年
Mucormycosis: The 'black fungus' maiming Covid patients in India
Even as a deadly second wave of Covid-19 ravages India, doctors are now reporting a rash of cases involving a rare infection - also called the "black fungus" - among recovering and recovered Covid ...
Indiatimes2 年
Black Fungus Infection
Black fungus also called Mucormycosis is a fungal infection that is being observed in people who are recovering or have recovered from COVID-19. COVID-19 medication leaves the immune system weak ...
MercoPress3 年
India also suffering from a “white fungus” infection, more dangerous than the black fungus
The white fungus cases reported across the country come after black fungus infections were declared an epidemic in six Indian states, with thousands of infections detected among recovering ...
Business Insider India3 年
Black, white and yellow fungi — all you need to know about symptoms and prevention
As India struggles hard with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, cases of new fungal infections have gone up. The central government has asked all the states to declare black fungus ...
Spike in post-dengue, chikungunya mucormycosis cases raises alarm in Pune
Experts attributing the alarming trend to the misuse of high-dose steroids, uncontrolled diabetes, and weakened immunity in patients recovering from dengue and chikungunya ...
MercoPress3 年
Argentina records first “black fungus” death
In India, more than 9,000 patients were diagnosed with a fungal infection popularly known as “black fungus”, most of whom suffered from uncontrolled diabetes. After India, isolated patients ...
Business Insider India3 年
Covid-19 cases linked 'black fungus infection' appears across Delhi hospitals
New Delhi, The cases of rare black fungus infection linked with Covid-19 ... Bhiya Ram, Assistant professor, ENT department, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh, said Covid ...
Forbes1 个月
This Black Fungus Might Be Healing Chernobyl By Drinking Radiation—A Biologist Explains
Within this zone, however, scientists have discovered an unlikely survivor: a resilient black fungus called Cladosporium sphaerospermum. After the Chernobyl disaster, scientists observed patches ...
Indiatimes1 个月
10 labs to identify fungus that killed 10 Bandhavgarh elephants
Ten wild elephants in India's Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve have died from fungal toxins found in Kodu crops. While toxicological reports confirmed the cause of death, the specific fungus remains ...
The Scientist29 天
Elephant Deaths Trigger a Kodo-Millet Fungus Investigation in India
“We do have tools, and we do have markers wherein we could easily identify which genera of fungus [infected the millets],” he said. Assessing the millets can provide answers about the possibility of ...