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Paper| Volume 23, ISSUE 6, P390-392, 1992

Post-traumatic abdominal mucormycosis

  • M. Taams
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    Department of Surgery, University of Natal Medical School, King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa
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  • P.G. Bade
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    Department of Surgery, University of Natal Medical School, King Edward VIII Hospital, Durban, South Africa
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  • S.R. Thomson
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    Requests for reprints should be addressed to: Mr S. R. Thomson, Department of Surgery, University of Natal Medical School, PO Box 17039, 4013 Congella, Republic of South Africa.
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(92)90014-J
Post-traumatic abdominal mucormycosis
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      Abstract

      Gastrointestinal mucormycosis, an opportunistic fungal infection, is a rare complication of trauma. We report on four patients who developed this frequently fatal condition after delayed treatment of intra-abdominal sepsis and discuss the aetiology, diagnosis and management of the disease.
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      Publication history

      Accepted: January 27, 1992

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(92)90014-J

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      © 1992 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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