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Case Reports
. 1998 Sep;32(3):343-5.
doi: 10.1080/02844319850158714.

Necrotising infection of the orofacial tissues in neonates (noma neonatorum). Case report

B S Atiyeh  1 , H A Hashim, M T Rubeiz, A M Hamdan, F F Bitar, H M Serhal
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Necrotising infection of the orofacial tissues in neonates (noma neonatorum). Case report

B S Atiyeh et al. Scand J Plast Reconstr Surg Hand Surg. 1998 Sep.

Abstract

Noma neonatorum should be differentiated from noma, in that it is typically a disease of seriously ill premature infants whose birth weight was low, and is caused by Pseudomonas aerugenosa septicaemia. We know of only two case reports of noma neonatorum involving newborn infants born at full term, so we report here another case of noma neonatorum in a neonate born at full term. In addition we describe the differences between noma neonatorum and noma (cancrum oris), a clinically related entity.

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