title: [Disseminated mucormycosis in pediatrics].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service de Réanimation Pédiatrique, Hôpital Necker-Enfants-Malades, Paris.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jouvet
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hubert
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blanche
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nezelof
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cloup
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D007223:Infant; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology*