Online Desk :
Bangladesh has reported two patient who recovered from the coronavirus infection in Satkhira as the first case of mucormycosis or black fungus.
The persons were diagnosed with mucormycosis while undergoing medical tests at BIRDEM General Hospital in May, said Director General Prof MKI Quayyum Choudhury. “The patients were earlier diagnosed with coronavirus in Khulna.”
Prof Choudhury, when asked if the patients had travelled to India, could not provide further details.
Mucormycosis or black fungus is a fungal infection, which is rare but can be fatal. In 50 per cent of the cases, this fungal infection causes death.
A patient suffering from the black fungus can be saved only by removing the bone around the eyes or jaw.
