Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis: an emerging fungal infection causing bowel perforation in a child
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Ileocolonic Basidiobolomycosis in a Child: An Unusual Fungal Infection.
Systemic basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus rararum (B. rararum). The clinical presentation is non-specific and is similar to many gastrointestinal conditions such as Crohn's disease (CD). The most consistent findings of basidiobolomycosis are recurrent abdominal pain, weight loss, fever and peripheral eosinophilia. Most of the patients are diagnosed on surgica...
متن کاملGastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in a child; an unusual fungal infection mimicking fistulising Crohn's disease.
BACKGROUND Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis is a rare disease caused by the fungus Basidiobolus ranarum. It has been reported in both children and adults. The disease mainly affects the colon and the small bowel; however, cases of the stomach, liver, pancreas, and renal system being affected have been reported. CASE REPORT A 2 year old boy presented with the following symptoms; abdominal p...
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gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (gib) is an unusual, rare, but emerging fungal infection in the stomach, small intestine, colon, and liver. it has been rarely reported in the english literature and most of the reported cases have been from us, saudi arabia, kuwait, and iran. in the last five years, 17 cases have been reported from one or two provinces in iran, and it seems that it has been ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Microbiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-2615,1473-5644
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028613-0