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Mucormycosis aka Black Fungus- What You Must Know About It

By Senior Consultant Physician Dr K Raghavan Mucormycosis is an acute opportunistic infection by fungi belonging to the phylum- Glomeromycota. These saprophyte fungi are present ubiquitously in the soil and environment. These apparently innocuous microorganisms take on an invasive aggressive role and get transformed into deadly pathogens in a p3erson where the immune system (defence […]