Successful treatment of rhinoorbital mucormycosis due to Rhizopus arrhizus with liposomal amphotericin B, posaconazole and surgical debridement in a child with neuroblastoma

Mucormycosis is a rare but potentially mortal opportunistic infection caused by Mucorales. We present a case of rhinoorbital mucormycosis in an 11-year old male with neuroblastoma successfully treated with aggressive surgical debridement and antifungal combination of liposomal amphotericin B and pos...

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Autores principales: Athanasiadou, Kleoniki I., Athanasiadis, Dimitrios I., Constantinidis, John, Anastasiou, Athanasia, Roilides, Emmanuel, Papakonstantinou, Evgenia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.06.003

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6582074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31245270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mmcr.2019.06.003

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