Opinião | “Os médicos têm sido culpados pelo surgimento do fungo negro na Índia, mas as diretrizes de tratamento da COVID podem ter contribuído” – Uso inadequado de antibióticos e doses mais altas de corticosteroides podem estar contribuindo para o surgimento da mucormicose e de outras coinfecções fúngicas.

Doctors have been blamed for the rise in black fungus in India, but the COVID treatment guidelines could be contributing – The Conversation

Ver também: Rising incidence of mucormycosis in patients with COVID-19: another challenge for India amidst the second wave? – The Lancet Respiratory Medicine

Relacionado: The Emergence of COVID-19 Associated Mucormycosis: Analysis of Cases From 18 Countries – The Lancet E What Is ‘Black Fungus’? And Why Is It Spreading Among India’s COVID Patients? – NPR E Mucormycosis: The ‘black fungus’ maiming Covid patients in India E What is mucormycosis, the fungal infection affecting COVID patients in India? – The Conversation