A fatal pseudo-tumour: disseminated basidiobolomycosis
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A fatal pseudo-tumour: disseminated basidiobolomycosis
BACKGROUND Basidiobolomycosis is a rare disease caused by the fungus Basidiobolus ranarum, member of the class Zygomycetes, order Entomophthorales, found worldwide. Usually basidiobolomycosis is a subcutaneous infection but rarely gastrointestinal manifestations have been described; 13 adults and 10 children and a few retroperitoneal or pulmonary cases. In gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis th...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-140