COVID‐19‐associated facial cutaneous mucormycosis superinfection: A potentially life‐threatening disease

A 49‐year‐old male was involved in an accident and an abdominal computer tomographic examination revealed papillary renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney. During hospitalization, the patient was infected with COVID‐19. In the following COVID‐19 treatment, a black dot developed on the right side o...

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Autores principales: Zareshahrabadi, Zahra, Emami, Amir, Pakshir, Keyvan, Roudgari, Amir, Ghaffari, Behzad, Rezaei, Tahere, Shekarkhar, Golsa, Zomorodian, Kamiar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9307887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35898729
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.6103
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Sumario:A 49‐year‐old male was involved in an accident and an abdominal computer tomographic examination revealed papillary renal cell carcinoma of the right kidney. During hospitalization, the patient was infected with COVID‐19. In the following COVID‐19 treatment, a black dot developed on the right side of the head and face. Antifungal therapy and surgical debridement were initiated and gradual improvement was observed.

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