Hepatic failure and malnutrition as predisposing factors of cutaneous mucormycosis in a pediatric patient
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2022-01Autor
Colman, Silvia
Giusiano, Gustavo Emilio
Colman, Carmen
Sosa, María de los Ángeles
Rojas, Florencia Dinorah
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The genus Lichtheimia is the third-most frequent genus isolated in mucormycosis. We report a cutaneous case
caused by Lichtheimia ramosa, localized on the face of a pediatric patient, in the context of acute liver failure and
caloric malnutrition. Several surgeries and treatment with liposomal amphotericin B enabled the patient’s
favorable evolution.
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