Black Fungus: a rising consternation among COVID patients presented in tertiary care hospital in Islamabad-PIMS Authors Manza Maqsood Khan Department of Head and Neck, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan Syed Ansab Hasnain Department of Head and Neck, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan Altaf Hussain Department of Head and Neck, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan Malik Jawad Faisal Department of Head and Neck, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.4225 Abstract For almost one and a half year the world is facing the pandemic called COVID-19, which is an acute respiratory distress syndrome caused by coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2). This disease has already engulfed many lives and has not been tamed so far. Physicians all over the world still, trying to get a hold of this global health issue, are faced with another life-threatening challenge associated with COVID-19, called black fungus-Mucormycosis. Within a span of few weeks, we have encountered three cases of black fungus in our institute which has stirred a serious concern among physicians in Pakistan. Keywords: Mucormycosis, Black fungus, COVID-19, Pandemic. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2022-02-10 How to Cite Khan, M. M., Syed Ansab Hasnain, Altaf Hussain, & Malik Jawad Faisal. (2022). Black Fungus: a rising consternation among COVID patients presented in tertiary care hospital in Islamabad-PIMS. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 72(6), 1225–1228. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.4225 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 72 No. 6 (2022): June Section Case Series