[Disseminated mucormycosis in pediatrics].
The case of a 14 month-old infant presenting with hereditary lymphohistiocytosis is reported. After several days of post-chemotherapy aplasia a peritoneal, cutaneous (blackish necrosis), then pleuropulmonary involvement occurred. Fiberendoscopy showed an esophageal necrosis responsible for a pleural fistula. The child died after a few weeks, despite antifungal treatment. Post mortem examination found disseminated abscesses related to mucormycosis. The 41 pediatric cases in the world-wide literature are recorded.
Jouvet
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Service de Réanimation Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, Paris.
Hubert
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P
Blanche
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S
Nezelof
C
C
Cloup
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M
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007223:Infant; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*