AbstractIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an increased burden on the health care delivery system inIndia and has been associated with a wide range of opportunistic bacterial and fungal infections.Amis and Objectives: To know the prevalence of fungal infections among the post covid patients.Material and Methods: A total number of 482 samples from clinically suspected mucormycosis casesattending various departments and transported to department of Microbiology, All samples are processedaccording to standard Microbiological procedures.Results: In a total of 482 clinically suspected individuals, fungal culture and microscopy were used to evaluatemucormycosis. Out of 482 samples analysed in this study, 263 cases (54.5%) were found to have fungalelements with a 10% KOH mount, while 219 cases (45.5%) were found to be negative. Out of 482, 247 (51.2%)samples were positive for culture, and 235 (48.8%) samples were sterile. Of the 247 fungal isolates, 91 (36.8%)are Mucorales, of which 90 are Mucor species. But one of them was identified as Rhizopus, while the remaining112 (45.4%) are Aspergillus species, 43 (17.4%) are Candida species, and 1 (0.4%) is a Penicillium speciesConclusion: Despite the hype, mucormycosis cases were well handled by using simple microbiologicalmethods for an early diagnosis and initiation of antifungal therapy in our hospital.

AbstractIntroduction: The COVID-19 pandemic has posed an increased burden on the health care delivery system inIndia and has been associated with a wide range of opportunistic bacterial and fungal infections.Amis and Objectives: To know the prevalence of fungal infections among the post covid patients.Material and Methods: A total number of 482 samples from clinically suspected mucormycosis casesattending various departments and transported to department of Microbiology, All samples are processedaccording to standard Microbiological procedures.Results: In a total of 482 clinically suspected individuals, fungal culture and microscopy were used to evaluatemucormycosis. Out of 482 samples analysed in this study, 263 cases (54.5%) were found to have fungalelements with a 10% KOH mount, while 219 cases (45.5%) were found to be negative. Out of 482, 247 (51.2%)samples were positive for culture, and 235 (48.8%) samples were sterile. Of the 247 fungal isolates, 91 (36.8%)are Mucorales, of which 90 are Mucor species. But one of them was identified as Rhizopus, while the remaining112 (45.4%) are Aspergillus species, 43 (17.4%) are Candida species, and 1 (0.4%) is a Penicillium speciesConclusion: Despite the hype, mucormycosis cases were well handled by using simple microbiologicalmethods for an early diagnosis and initiation of antifungal therapy in our hospital.