Obscure Skin Infection in a Morbidly Obese Patient: The Challenges of Diagnosis

Oscar Diaz, William J Morse, Noah M Krupnick, Lidiana Infante Sousa, Kevin Sande, Michel J Suarez, Lazaro Basart, Julio C Alvarez Hernandez

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DOI: 10.7759/cureus.92479
Published: 2025-09-16
Container: Cureus
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.7759/cureus.92479,
  title = {Obscure Skin Infection in a Morbidly Obese Patient: The Challenges of Diagnosis},
  author = {Oscar Diaz and William J Morse and Noah M Krupnick and Lidiana Infante Sousa and Kevin Sande and Michel J Suarez and Lazaro Basart and Julio C Alvarez Hernandez},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Cureus},
  doi = {10.7759/cureus.92479},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.92479}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Obscure Skin Infection in a Morbidly Obese Patient: The Challenges of Diagnosis
AU  - Oscar Diaz
AU  - William J Morse
AU  - Noah M Krupnick
AU  - Lidiana Infante Sousa
AU  - Kevin Sande
AU  - Michel J Suarez
AU  - Lazaro Basart
AU  - Julio C Alvarez Hernandez
PY  - 2025
JO  - Cureus
DO  - 10.7759/cureus.92479
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.92479
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Diaz, O., Morse, W. J., Krupnick, N. M., Sousa, L. I., Sande, K., Suarez, M. J., Basart, L., & Hernandez, J. C. A. (2025). Obscure Skin Infection in a Morbidly Obese Patient: The Challenges of Diagnosis. Cureus. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.92479

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