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| Issue : 4 | Page : 260-261 |
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Neonatal intestinal mucormycosis: mimicking as necrotizing enterocolitis
Rohit Gorakh, Pradeep Kumar, Arti Maria
Department of Paediatrics and Neonatology, PGIMER and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Pradeep Kumar
Room No. 303, Doctor's Hostel, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi - 110 001, India.
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2249-4847.161710
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Neonatal intestinal mucormycosis may mimic and is mistaken as NEC. Diagnosis remains difficult and mortality is high. Unlike NEC where there may be a place for watchful conservative management, urgent aggressive surgical debridement and resection along with systemic antifungal are necessary in GIM. This case is reported to illustrate lessons learnt to improve survival in an otherwise almost universally fatal condition due to missed and delayed diagnosis. |
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