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An old confusion: Entomophthoromycosis versus mucormycosis and their main differences [PDF]

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022
Fungal diseases were underestimated for many years. And the global burden of fungal infections is substantial and has increased in recent years. Invasive fungal infections have been linked to several risk factors in humans which basically depend on the ...
Jaime David Acosta-España, Jaime David Acosta-España, Jaime David Acosta-España, Kerstin Voigt, Kerstin Voigt   +4 more
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Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis: A Case Series. [PDF]

Cureus
Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum, a saprophytic fungus that belongs to the class of Basidiobolomycetes. It mainly infects immunocompetent individuals and is mainly found in arid tropical and subtropical regions, including Southwestern America, Saudi Arabia, Africa, and Asia.
Meeralam Y, Basfar AM, Alzanbagi A, Tashkandi A, Al Harthi W, Saba F, Khairo M, Alzhrani S, Shariff M.   +8 more
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Visceral Basidiobolomycosis Causing Bowel Ischemia. [PDF]

Cureus, 2022
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by saprophyte Basidiobolus ranarum. It is rarely seen in healthy adult patients; however, it usually affects children. The commonly involved sites are skin and subcutaneous tissue, mostly found in the Middle East and the southwestern United States.
Mahmoud W, Khawar M, Petkar M, Odaippurath T, Kurer M.   +4 more
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When eosinophils mislead: gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis initially misdiagnosed as eosinophilic colitis [PDF]

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Introduction: Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum that predominantly affects immunocompetent individuals in tropical and subtropical regions.
Yaqoub Alshatti, Shaikhah Alshammari, Mashaan Alenezi, Muneera Alhamadi, Waleed Alkanderi   +4 more
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Basidiobolus omanensis sp. nov. Causing Angioinvasive Abdominal Basidiobolomycosis

Journal of Fungi, 2021
Human infectious fungal diseases are increasing, despite improved hygienic conditions. We present a case of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) in a 20-year-old male with a history of progressively worsening abdominal pain.
Abdullah M. S. Al-Hatmi, Abdullah Balkhair, Ibrahim Al-Busaidi, Marcelo Sandoval-Denis, Saif Al-Housni, Hashim Ba Taher, Asmaa Hamdan Al Shehhi, Sameer Raniga, Maha Al Shaibi, Turkiya Al Siyabi, Jacques F. Meis, G. Sybren de Hoog, Ahmed Al-Rawahi, Zakariya Al Muharrmi, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Badriya Al Adawi   +15 more
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Unveiling basidiobolomycosis: key imaging features and clinical correlations [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background Basidiobolomycosis is a fungal infection exhibiting a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations that frequently resemble abdominal malignancies or inflammatory conditions.
Fatemeh Yarmahmoodi, Mohammadreza Sheikhfendereski, Seyed Mostajab Razavinejad, Banafsheh Zeinali-Rafsanjani, Mahdi Saeedi-Moghadam   +4 more
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Liposomal amphotericin B in the treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis [PDF]

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum, increasingly recognized as an intestinal pathogen in children. Its clinical features closely mimic malignancy or inflammatory bowel disease, leading
Mehdi Forooghi, Seyedeh Sedigheh Hamzavi, Shayan Yousufzai, Bita Geramizadeh, Simin Sharifi, Sara Nasiri   +5 more
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Colonic basidiobolomycosis presenting with intestinal obstruction and a normal eosinophil count

IDCases, 2019
Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB), caused by Basidiobolus ranrum, is a rare fungal infection with a limited geographic distribution. The majority of the cases are reported from the warm areas of Arizona in USA, Saudi Arabia and Iran.We report a ...
Saad Al Qahtani, Abdullah Alangari, Nazik Mohammed, Ahmed Albarrag, Fatehi Elzein   +4 more
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A child with intestinal basidiobolomycosis.

Iranian journal of medical sciences, 2012
Fungal infections of the gastrointestinal tract are not common in children, especially in immunocompetent ones. In this case report we describe a child who was presented with abdominal pain and mass, bloody diarrhea and fever. He was treated for amebiasis, but due to treatment failure and deterioration of his condition, he underwent a laparatomy ...
Reza Arjmand, Abdollah Karimi, Anahita Sanaei Dashti, Maryam Kadivar   +3 more
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Basidiobolomycosis: Unusual Cause of Colonic Perforation. [PDF]

Cureus
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection that is triggered by the environmental saprophyte Basidiobolus ranarum. Basidiobolomycosis usually presents as an infection beneath the skin and seldom impacts the digestive system. There is no clear clinical presentation, and the majority of initial cases are misdiagnosed. We describe a 68-year-old man who
Mobarki M, Alhakami N, Ahmad M, Mommtaz Ghannam W, Mosaad N, Hakami S, Adawi M, Ahmed Daifallah Fathi F, Al Amir H, Alsharif M, Majrashi M, Alharbi M, Salem A, Assiri M, Muhajir AA, Alhazmi AH.   +15 more
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