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Primary cutaneous mucormycosis as a complication of erosive dermatitis: two cases

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  1. Dermatology department, AP-HP, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France

    Devy Lu, Camille Hua, Amandine Servy, Berline Sigha, Pierre Wolkenstein, Saskia Ingenhousz-Oro & Olivier Chosidow

  2. Myco-parasitology department, AP-HP, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France

    Francoise Foulet & Francoise Botterel

  3. UPEC Université Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France

    Francoise Botterel, Nicolas Ortonne & Olivier Chosidow

  4. Intensive care unit department, AP-HP, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France

    Nicolas De Prost & Olivier Ellrodt

  5. Dermatology department, CH, Le Mans, France

    Dragos Popescu

  6. Pathology department, AP-HP, Henri Mondor Hospital, Créteil, France

    Nicolas Ortonne

  7. EA 7379 EpiDermE (Epidémiologie en Dermatologie et Evaluation des Thérapeutiques), UPEC, Créteil, France

    Saskia Ingenhousz-Oro & Olivier Chosidow

  8. INSERM CIC 1430, Créteil, France

    Olivier Chosidow

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Lu, D., Hua, C., Servy, A. et al. Primary cutaneous mucormycosis as a complication of erosive dermatitis: two cases. Eur J Dermatol 28, 227–229 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1684/ejd.2017.3212

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