India has detected nearly 9,000 cases of the deadly fungus in coronavirus patients

India has seen an increase in murcomycosis, a rare and sometimes fatal infection popularly known as the “black mushroom”, with nearly 9,000 incidents, and which has been detected in patients with very specific pathologies who have contracted covid-19, an official declaration is required.

So far, Indian authorities have detected a total of 8848 case of murcomycosis.

Faced with this rapid increase, the central government is sending the drug amphotericin B to all affected states, Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister Sadanand Gowda announced on his Twitter account.

Murcomycosis infections, with a mortality of around 50%, are mainly concentrated in the western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra, where 2,281 and 2,000 fungal infections have been diagnosed respectively.

A successful region

It is precisely the coastal region of Maharastra, whose capital is Bombay, that has been hardest hit by the virulence of the second wave of covidus cases in the country, which despite the fact that the infection rate continues to rise. downward trend. nearly 4,000 are reported daily.

Indian health authorities released a few weeks ago, when a significant increase in cases was detected, information on the causes, diagnosis and treatment of mucormycosis, which although it can appear in patients with coronavirus, it’s a previous infection pandemic and is not directly related to covid.

In addition, the infectious disease doctor Atul Patel pointed out to Efe that this fungal infection mainly affects “patients with uncontrolled diabetes or who have complications from diabetes“.

“It is not something that everyone can contract,” the doctor clarified, adding that, in this sense, “a determining factor which also contributes to increasing the incidence is the use of steroids for the treatment of infection covid -19 “.

Among the recommendations to prevent the onset of this infection, there is the maintenance of good hygiene and the use of a mask, or the protection of the whole body during gardening work.