Case Report
From Bilateral Periorbital Necrotic Wound to Fungal Brain Abscess: A Complicated Case of COVID-19-Associated Mucormycosis
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Mycology confirmation and detection of fungal elements by phenotypic methods: (a) grayish brown colony of Rhizopus spp. on Sabouraud dextrose agar with chloramphenicol; (b) direct microscopy with potassium hydroxide 10% (KOH 10%) shows broad and aseptate hyphae of Rhizopus spp. in necrotic tissue (black arrows), ×40; (c) reproductive structures of Rhizopus spp. sporangium (black arrow), sporangiophore (blue arrow), and sporangiospores (green arrow), ×40.
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