The Zygomycetes are a group of fungi found commonly in the soil and in decaying organic matter. Family members that infect humans include Mucor, Rhizopus, Absidia, and Cunninghamella species. 1,2 ...

Coronavirus has already disturbed several lives, the whole world is fighting with this deadly virus and now another news linked with this virus is coming up. Medical experts at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram ...

With the rise in the number of mucormycosis cases in India, people have entered yet another state of panic and chaos. While COVID-19 was already a matter of great concern, the fungal infections ...

While covid’s case fatality rate is 1.2 per cent in the state, that of black fungal infection is 8.6 per cent; so far, 303 people have died of mucormycosis in K’taka Case fatality rate (CFR) was ...

Mucormycosis, or the grimmer popular name, “black fungus”, has evoked public concern in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic but the disease isn’t that uncommon, medical literature from India shows. A ...

Monica Slavin receives funding from NHMRC and MRFF. This week we’ve seen reports of an infection called mucormycosis, often termed “black fungus”, in patients with COVID, or who are recovering from ...

While the fears of Mucormycosis are gripping several parts of the country, experts from the Indian Systems of Medicine (ISM) department, Thrissur, claim that a study conducted by them shows that ...

Heavy mold growth was found in the linens used at two University of Pittsburgh Medical Center hospitals where five mold-infection-related deaths occurred since October 2014, according to a report. The ...