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        <journal-meta>
            <journal-id journal-id-type="issn">0973-7510</journal-id>
            <journal-title-group>
                <journal-title>Journal of Pure and Applied Microbiology</journal-title>
            </journal-title-group>
            <issn pub-type="epub">2581-690X</issn>
            <publisher>
                <publisher-name>DR. M.N. Khan</publisher-name>
            </publisher>
        </journal-meta>
        <article-meta>
            <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22207/JPAM.16.4.62</article-id>
            <title-group>
                <article-title>Post-Covid-19 Invasive Fungal Sinusitis: A Case Series from Southern India</article-title>
            </title-group>
            <contrib-group>
				
				
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Hullur</surname>
                        <given-names>Madhavi S.</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
						<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Bharathi</surname>
                        <given-names>R.</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
				
				
				
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Madhavi</surname>
                        <given-names>R. Bindu</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
				
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Natarajan</surname>
                        <given-names>Arvind</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
				
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Brindha</surname>
                        <given-names>H.S.</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
				
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Mohiyuddin</surname>
                        <given-names>S.M. Azeem</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
				
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Kalyani</surname>
                        <given-names>R.</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
				
				
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Sakalecha</surname>
                        <given-names>Anil Kumar</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
				
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Naik</surname>
                        <given-names>Bukke Ravindra</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
				
				<contrib contrib-type="author">
                    <name>
                        <surname>Shashidhar</surname>
                        <given-names>K.N.</given-names>
                    </name>
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                </contrib>
				
				
								            		
            </contrib-group>
			
			
          <aff id="aff-1">Department of Microbiology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College (SDUMC / SDUAHER), Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India.</aff>
			 <aff id="aff-2">Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College (SDUMC / SDUAHER), Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India.</aff>
			  <aff id="aff-3">Department of Pathology, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College (SDUMC / SDUAHER), Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India.</aff>
			   <aff id="aff-4">Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College (SDUMC / SDUAHER), Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India.</aff>
			    <aff id="aff-5">Department of Biochemistry, Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College (SDUMC / SDUAHER), Tamaka, Kolar, Karnataka, India.</aff>
			 			
			
            <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-12-01">
                <day>01</day>
				<month>12</month>
                <year>2022</year>
            </pub-date>
            <volume>16</volume>
            <issue>4</issue>
            <fpage>2961</fpage>
            <lpage>2967</lpage>
            <permissions>
                <copyright-statement>Copyright &#x00A9; 2022 The Author(s)</copyright-statement>
                <copyright-year>2022</copyright-year>
                <license license-type="open-access"
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            <self-uri xlink:href="https://microbiologyjournal.org/post-covid-19-invasive-fungal-sinusitis-a-case-series-from-southern-india/"/>
            <abstract>
                <p> Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis (AIFR) is a serious condition with aggressive course and high mortality rates. There is an upsurge in the incidence of invasive fungal rhinosinusitis in post COVID-19 patients. We have come across 20 AIFR cases in post COVID-19 patients. On retrospective exploration of the patient’s records, we found that 30% patients had received steroids and 90% had diabetes. All the patients were managed by administration of IV amphotericin B and local debridement of infected tissues. The mortality rate was as low as 15 %. We conclude that combined approach of Antifungal therapy with debridement of infected tissues improves the prognosis and survival of AIFR patients.</p>
		</abstract>
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        <title>Keywords</title>
        <kwd>COVID-19</kwd>
        <kwd>Fungal sinusitis</kwd>
		<kwd>Aspergillus</kwd>
		<kwd>Mucor</kwd>
        <kwd>Fungal culture</kwd>
		
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