Anup Kumar Ojha, Venencia Albert, Saurabh Sharma, Vinaykumar Hallur, Gagandeep Singh, Umabala Pamidimukkala, Kh Jitenkumar Singh, Harleen Kaur, Tadepalli Karuna, Jayanthi Savio, Reema Nath, Immaculata Xess, Prashant Gupta, Anjali Shetty, Madhuchhanda Das
BACKGROUND: Fungal infections are now a great public health threat, especially in those with underlying risk factors such as neutropenia, diabetes, high-dose steroid treatment, cancer chemotherapy, prolonged intensive care unit stay, and so on, which can lead to mycoses with higher mortality rates. The rates of these infections have been steadily increasing over the past 2 decades due to the increasing population of patients who are immunocompromised. However, the data regarding the exact burden of such infection are still not available from India...
February 16, 2024: JMIR Research Protocols