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Case Reports
. 2014 Oct 5;1(1):18-20.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2014.10.001. eCollection 2015 Jan.

Noma: A disease of poverty presenting at an urban hospital in the United States

Alexander Maley  1 , Megan Desai  2 , Sareeta Parker  1
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Case Reports

Noma: A disease of poverty presenting at an urban hospital in the United States

Alexander Maley et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: HSV, Herpes simplex virus; cancrum oris; disease of poverty; infectious disease; noma; opportunistic infection; orofacial gangrene.

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Acute noma. Extensive gangrenous necrosis extending through the perioral soft tissue and muscle. Photograph taken on hospital day 11.
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