The elusive nature of mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host and the role of a dermatology consult

Mucormycosis infection in the immunocompetent host typically occurs in the setting of trauma and presents a diagnostic challenge. The earliest signs of infection are often cutaneous, but can easily be misinterpreted, which can be a fatal mistake. Dermatology has tools to help recognize these infecti...

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Autores principales: Badin, Dylan J., Baker, Catherine, Simmons, Brian J., Yan, Shaofeng, Zug, Kathryn A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6878074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31788276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2479
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author Badin, Dylan J.
Baker, Catherine
Simmons, Brian J.
Yan, Shaofeng
Zug, Kathryn A.
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description Mucormycosis infection in the immunocompetent host typically occurs in the setting of trauma and presents a diagnostic challenge. The earliest signs of infection are often cutaneous, but can easily be misinterpreted, which can be a fatal mistake. Dermatology has tools to help recognize these infections and initiate earlier therapy.
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spelling pubmed-68780742019-11-29 The elusive nature of mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host and the role of a dermatology consult Badin, Dylan J. Baker, Catherine Simmons, Brian J. Yan, Shaofeng Zug, Kathryn A. Clin Case Rep Case Reports Mucormycosis infection in the immunocompetent host typically occurs in the setting of trauma and presents a diagnostic challenge. The earliest signs of infection are often cutaneous, but can easily be misinterpreted, which can be a fatal mistake. Dermatology has tools to help recognize these infections and initiate earlier therapy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-10-02 /pmc/articles/PMC6878074/ /pubmed/31788276 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2479 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Clinical Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Badin, Dylan J.
Baker, Catherine
Simmons, Brian J.
Yan, Shaofeng
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The elusive nature of mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host and the role of a dermatology consult
title The elusive nature of mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host and the role of a dermatology consult
title_full The elusive nature of mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host and the role of a dermatology consult
title_fullStr The elusive nature of mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host and the role of a dermatology consult
title_full_unstemmed The elusive nature of mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host and the role of a dermatology consult
title_short The elusive nature of mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host and the role of a dermatology consult
title_sort elusive nature of mucormycosis in an immunocompetent host and the role of a dermatology consult
topic Case Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6878074/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31788276
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2479
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