Current Issue : October-December Volume : 2022 Issue Number : 4 Articles : 2 Articles
Mucormycosis is a novel angioinvasive infection caused by the Mucorales order of the Zygomycete class's ubiquitous filamentous fungus. Following candidiasis and aspergillosis, mucormycosis has emerged as the third most common invasive mycosis in patients receiving haematological and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Mucorales members are extremely rare in nasal mucus, indicating that spores in airway mucus are cleared by mucociliary transport or that there is very little airborne contamination. Disseminated mucormycosis is an uncommon condition that most commonly affects neutropenic individuals with hematologic malignancies, transplant recipients and those on deferoxamine treatment. We present the case of a 64-year-old immunocompetent guy with severe pneumonia and widespread jaundice who died within 24 hours. The autopsy revealed two important findings: severe splenic perforations and several bleeding foci on the pancreas. A histopathological examination of tissue sections indicated the presence of characteristic zygomycetes hyphae in the left lung, pancreas, spleen and brain. The involvement of the pancreas in this patient was one of the few mucormycosis characteristics mentioned in the literature. Our case demonstrates uncommon clinical manifestations of disseminated mucormycosis and emphasises the need of considering disseminated mucormycosis even in immunocompetent individuals....
More than 10 significant outbreaks or epidemic viral breakout incidents occurred in the 21st century, including the continuing deadly coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) plague. Several pathogenic viruses have originated from animals or re-emerged in the past few decades, posing severe hazards to human health and the global financial system. Chikungunya vector-borne diseases, COVID-19, Dengue fever, Ebola, Lassa fever, Marburg hemorrhagic fevers, Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS), severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), Swine flu, WestNile fever, Zika and yellow fever examples of zoonotic diseases that have grown over the world and have had such a severe effect on the health that the scientific community has been urged to intervene quickly in screening and managing developing illnesses. Despite amazing advances in scientific understanding, the emergence of new/re-emerging fatal viral diseases has had a profound impact on humans. Emerging viral infections will continue to damage human safety because of world trade, transportation and ecosystem disturbance. Viruses from either zoonotic or vector-borne origins generate the majority of catastrophic risks....
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