Cutaneous mucormycosis of the lower extremity leading amputation in two diabetic patients
Mucormycosis is an invasive, rapidly progressive, life-threatening fungal infection, with a propensity for diabetic, immunosuppressed, and trauma patients. The classic rhinocerebral variation is most common in diabetic patients. While the cutaneous form is usually caused by direct inoculation in imm...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.
2021-03-01
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| Series: | Archives of Plastic Surgery |
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| Online Access: | http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.5999/aps.2020.00549 |