Subcutaneous Zygomycosis Due to Basidiobolus ranarum: A Case Report from Maharastra, India [PDF]
Entomophthoromycosis is a rare entity. We hereby report a case of entomophthoromycosis in a three-year-old Asian child who presented with a painless, nontender, rapidly increasing large swelling on the thigh of six months duration, which was initially ...
Mani Anand +4 more
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Visceral Basidiobolomycosis Causing Bowel Ischemia. [PDF]
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 +4 more
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Colonic Basidiobolomycosis—An Unusual Presentation of Eosinophilic Intestinal Inflammation
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal disease caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. Involvement of the gastrointestinal tract is unusual and poses both a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge, as clinical signs are non-specific and predisposing risk factors are ...
Alasdair Bamford, Tom A Watson
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Subcutaneous basidiobolomycosis treated successfully with oral itraconazole: A case report
Basidiobolomycosis is an opportunistic fungal infection with a high morbidity and mortality rate. It is known to cause invasive disease in immunocompromised persons but it may produce only cutaneous or subcutaneous infections in an immunocompetent ...
Dixit G Chaudhari +3 more
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Colonic basidiobolomycosis presenting with intestinal obstruction and a normal eosinophil count
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 +4 more
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A Case of Subcutaneous and Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis in Singapore
Entomophthoromycosis due to Basidiobolus is a known cause of subcutaneous zygomycosis. It occasionally causes invasive disease involving the gastrointestinal tract.
Yii Ean Teh, Ban Hock Tan, Limin Wijaya
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Basidiobolomycosis Simulating a Mycobacterium ulcerans Infection in a Togolese Rural Child
Background. Basidiobolomycosis is a deep mycosis which preferentially affects rural young people in tropical countries. We report an atypical case, with multiple ulcers, simulating a Buruli ulcer. Case Report.
Bayaki Saka +8 more
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Unveiling basidiobolomycosis: key imaging features and clinical correlations [PDF]
Background Basidiobolomycosis is a fungal infection exhibiting a wide spectrum of clinical manifestations that frequently resemble abdominal malignancies or inflammatory conditions.
Fatemeh Yarmahmoodi +4 more
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Liposomal amphotericin B in the treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis [PDF]
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 +5 more
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Basidiobolomycosis is a subcutaneous mycosis, wich non-specific clinical presentation can be a source of diagnostic wandering. A 5-years-old girl was brought for consultation with chronic ulcers of the pelvic limbs evolving for 8 months.
Akimath Habib +8 more
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