title: Primary cutaneous mucormycosis in a premature neonate and its management by tumescent skin grafting.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Plastic Surgery and Neonatology, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Vivek
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Aditya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Taneja
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Saha
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Khazanchi
authors.forename: Neelam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kler
authors.forename: Satish
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saluja
mesh_terms: 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