Severe facial necrosis in a type 1 diabetic patient secondary to mucormycosis masquerading as an internal maxillary artery occlusion: a case report

BACKGROUND: Mucormycosis is a group of rare but life threatening angioinvasive infections caused by fungi of the order Mucorales that often occurs in immunocompromised patients and individuals with poorly controlled diabetes. Rhinocerebral mucormycosis can mimic sinusitis but can rapidly progress to...

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Autores principales: Manji, Farheen, Lam, John C., Meatherall, Bonnie L., Church, Deirdre, Missaghi, Bayan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6387511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30795757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3822-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6387511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30795757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-019-3822-9

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