Though Delhi has only a few active cases of mucormycosis, hospitals in the national capital have seen a surge in the numbers of patients who were already cured of the fungal infection. Although there is no particular age group in which cases are being reported but mostly the common feature is that the majority of patients are diabetic patients who are coming back with recurrence.
Hospitals such as Sir Ganga Ram, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash which handled the majority of mucormycosis caseload during its peak, recently reported cases of reoccurring.
“One patient who was earlier treated of mucormycosis again is suffering from the same fungal infection. It might have occurred because of two possibilities, either due to the relapse or because of the residual components of the earlier problem. Moreover, his blood sugar is also very high and this patient stopped insulin in between,” Dr Suresh Kumar, Medical Director of LNJP, told ANI.
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