<p>A cancer patient was cured of mucormycosis, a deadly invasive fungal infection, by the Fortis Hospital doctors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kamala, 33, battling an acute myeloid leukaemia, was undergoing induction immunotherapy when she was infected with mucormycosis, which is known to be fatal within 48 hours of contracting it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It was a big challenge for us to treat a patient who was already suffering from cancer as Kamala was undergoing high-dose of chemotherapy," said Dr Sachin Jadhav, Hematologist and BMT Physician.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When we examined Kamala, she had tenderness on her cheeks and this meant that she could be harbouring a fungal infection in the maxillary sinus. The tests confirmed she had contracted mucormycosis. What followed was a major fight to save her,” Jadhav said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said normalising of white blood cells and timely therapy helped her to recover. Kamla is now doing well and has been discharged, Dr Jadhav added.</p>
<p>A cancer patient was cured of mucormycosis, a deadly invasive fungal infection, by the Fortis Hospital doctors.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Kamala, 33, battling an acute myeloid leukaemia, was undergoing induction immunotherapy when she was infected with mucormycosis, which is known to be fatal within 48 hours of contracting it.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“It was a big challenge for us to treat a patient who was already suffering from cancer as Kamala was undergoing high-dose of chemotherapy," said Dr Sachin Jadhav, Hematologist and BMT Physician.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When we examined Kamala, she had tenderness on her cheeks and this meant that she could be harbouring a fungal infection in the maxillary sinus. The tests confirmed she had contracted mucormycosis. What followed was a major fight to save her,” Jadhav said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He said normalising of white blood cells and timely therapy helped her to recover. Kamla is now doing well and has been discharged, Dr Jadhav added.</p>