Managing mucormycosis in a resource-limited setting: challenges and possible solutions

Nitin Gupta; Gagandeep Singh; Immaculata Xess; Manish Soneja

doi:10.1177/0049475519825561

Managing mucormycosis in a resource-limited setting: challenges and possible solutions

Nitin Gupta, Gagandeep Singh, Immaculata Xess, Manish Soneja^*

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Department of Infectious Diseases, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal

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Abstract

Mucormycosis is a potentially fatal fungal infection with high prevalence in poor-resource settings. Besides being an extremely expensive disease to treat, the challenges range from lack of experienced mycologists or mycology department to knowledge and availability of treatment regimes.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	153-155
Number of pages	3
Journal	Tropical Doctor
Volume	49
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0049475519825561
Publication status	Published - 01-04-2019

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Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Infectious Diseases

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