Mucormycosis

Maha decides to scrap global tender for amphotericin B

PUNE: The state government has scrapped the global tender for procuring the key anti-mucormycosis drug amphotericin B in bulk for…

4 years ago

Black fungus: Bihar govt provides alternative drug to hosps

PATNA: Considering the acute shortage of anti-fungal drug Liposomal Amphotericin B at health facilities, the state government has provided Posaconazole…

4 years ago

Mucor drug’s cheaper form ‘as good as costlier version’

PUNE: The Centre's Joint Task Force has clarified that conventional amphotericin B is ‘equally efficacious’ as its more expensive version…

4 years ago

3 mosques open mucor detection centres in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: Three mosques in the city are now equipped with dental and ophthalmic infrastructure to screen 5,000 Covid-19 recovered patients…

4 years ago

Raj: Black fungus claims 128 lives, 54 in last 7 days

JAIPUR: In the last seven days, at least 50 persons succumbed to mucormycosis or black fungus in the state.The total…

4 years ago

101 black fungus patients at IGIMS in Patna

PATNA: Even though the number of Covid cases has declined in the state, spurt in mucormycosis or black fungus cases…

4 years ago

Black marketing of black fungus drug: 5 held

PUNE: Five people, including a medical shop owner and a nurse, were arrested for alleged black-marketing of a key drug…

4 years ago

Bengaluru lab’s RT-PCR kit detects mucor in 48 hours

BENGALURU: A Dutch RT-PCR test kit has been validated by a Bengaluru lab to detect mucormycosis, the deadly fungal infection,…

4 years ago

2 dead and 11 suffering from black fungus in Nepal

KATHMANDU: At least two people have died in Nepal from black fungus or mucormycosis, a rare fungal infection mostly found…

4 years ago

123 black fungus patients at BHU hospital

Varanasi: Though the pace of detection of new Covid-19 cases has reduced in the region, cases of mucormycosis, commonly known…

4 years ago