Primary cutaneous mucormycosis in a premature neonate and its management by tumescent skin grafting.
Primary cutaneous mucormycosis is a rare and often fatal disease of infants and neonates. This is a case report of successful management of potentially fatal cutaneous fungal sepsis and use of tumescent technique to harvest a large skin graft with minimal blood loss in a premature neonate.
Kumar
Vivek
V
Departments of Plastic Surgery and Neonatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Aggarwal
Aditya
A
Taneja
Rashmi
R
Saha
S S
SS
Khazanchi
R K
RK
Kler
Neelam
N
Saluja
Satish
S
D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009091:Mucormycosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009336:Necrosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016038:Skin Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps