Antemortem diagnosis of gastrointestinal mucormycosis in neonates: report of two cases and review of literature.
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
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2006 Jul; 49(3): 430-2
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in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-73540
ABSTRACT
Gastrointestinal mucormycosis has been reported more frequently in adults than in children. Due to high mortality diagnosis is usually made at autopsy. Only 3 cases of neonates surviving this disease have been described. We report two cases of preterm neonates presenting clinically with symptoms of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), but lacking radiological characteristics of NEC where histopathology confirmed the diagnosis of gastrointestinal mucormycosis involving caecum and appendix.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Appendix
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
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Infant, Premature
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Cecum
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Enteral Nutrition
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Fatal Outcome
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Enterocolitis
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Pathol Microbiol
Year:
2006
Type:
Article
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