Invasive cutaneous mucormycosis in a preterm neonate presenting as a vesicobullous lesion

• Autores principales: Shashank Mishra (Autor), Divya Shelly (Autor), Divya Gupta (Autor), Reena Bharadwaj (Autor)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Materias: article
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Mucormycosis is a relatively rare fungal infection seen in immunocompromised patients. Very few cases of invasive cutaneous mucormycosis occurring in neonates have been reported in literature. It is an aggressive disease with a mortality rate of around 64% in neonates, so a high index of suspicion i...