Intestinal Zygomycosis due to Absidia Corymbifera Mimicking Necrotizing Enterocolitis in a Preterm Neonate
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Fungi belonging to class Zygomycetes become pathogenic in certain predisposing conditions; principally diabetes mellitus, immunosuppression, trauma or burns. We report a case of a 31-year-old man with acute promyelocytic leukemia who developed infection of the sino-oral cavity, due to Absidia corymbifera during a neutropenic phase following induction chemotherapy. A provisional diagnosis of zyg...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Perinatology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0743-8346,1476-5543
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jp.7211186