Hyperglycemia and steroid use increase the risk of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis regardless of COVID-19 hospitalization: Case-control study, India - Concepedia

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Hyperglycemia and steroid use increase the risk of rhino-orbito-cerebral mucormycosis regardless of COVID-19 hospitalization: Case-control study, India

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2022

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Manickam Ponnaiah, Sivaraman Ganesan, Tarun Bhatnagar, Mahalakshmy Thulasingam, Marie Gilbert Majella, Mathan Karuppiah, Arun Alexander, Sonali Sarkar, Sitanshu Sekhar Kar, Tamilarasu Kadhiravan,

Abstract

Hyperglycemia, irrespective of having diabetes mellitus and steroid use, was associated with an increased risk of ROCM independent of COVID-19 hospitalisation. Rational steroid usage and glucose monitoring may reduce the risk of post-COVID.

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