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Visceral basidiobolomycosis: An overlooked infection in immunocompetent children

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2015
Visceral basidiobolomycosis is an unusual fungal infection of viscera caused by saprophyte Basidiobolus ranarum. It is very rare in healthy children and poses a diagnostic challenge due to the non-specific clinical presentation and the absence of ...
Parkash Mandhan, Kamal Osman Hassan, Sandra Moustafa Samaan, Mansour J Ali   +3 more
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Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis treated with posaconazole

Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2013
A 67 year-old Caucasian male from Arizona presented with indolent symptoms of intestinal obstruction and hydronephrosis, found at surgery to be caused by a mass involving the terminal ileum and cecum, extending into the posterior abdominal wall and obstructing the right ureter. Histopathology was diagnostic of basidiobolomycosis.
Mark D Lindsley, Christopher D Paddock, John Bennett   +2 more
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Navigating treatment for basidiobolomycosis: a qualitative review of 24 cases [PDF]

BMC Infectious Diseases
Background and Objectives Zygomycosis, a severe form of fungal infection, is classified into two categories: Mucorales and Entomophthorales. Within the Entomophthorales category, Basidiobolomycosis is a rarely recognized genus that can have significant ...
Gholamreza Pouladfar, Samaneh Jahangiri, Amirhossein Shahpar, Mohsen Nakhaie, Aryan Mohamadi Nezhad, Zahra Jafarpour, Anahita Sanaee Dashti   +6 more
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Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis, a Rare and Under-diagnosed Fungal Infection in Immunocompetent Hosts: A Review Article

Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2015
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 ...
Bita Geramizadeh, Mina Heidari, Golsa Shekarkhar   +2 more
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When Infection Masquerades as Malignancy: Fatal Basidiobolomycosis Presenting as Suspected Rhabdomyosarcoma in a Child. [PDF]

Case Rep Pediatr
Background Basidiobolomycosis is an uncommon fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum, primarily impacting immunocompetent children in tropical areas. Its indolent presentation and radiologic mimicking to soft tissue cancers often result in misdiagnosis and delayed antifungal treatment. Case Presentation We report the case of a 10‐year‐old child
Amoako E, Jimah BB, Tagoe LG, Taylor RR, Awuku L, Lomotey P, Bockarie Y, Ulzen-Appiah K, Sarkodie BD, Inkoom L.   +9 more
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Subcutaneous Zygomycosis Basidiobolomycosis

Indian Journal of Dermatology, 2001
Subcutaneous zygomycosis, also known as basidiobolomycosis, is a rare disease caused by the fungus Basidiobolus ranarum. Since its first description in 1954, may cases have been reported. In India, so far only few cases have been described. We report this entity in a 3 year- old female child who had firm to hard swelling of the right upper extremely ...
Sethuraman G, Kuruvilla Susan, Joseph Lenikumar   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Pediatric Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis: A Retrospective Study from Jazan Province, Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

Infect Drug Resist, 2023
Salman M Ghazwani,1,2 Haidar M Arishi,3 Nabil S Dhayhi,3 Mohammed O Shami,4 Ibrahim M Gosadi,5 Moutaz Rajab,2,6 Mohammed Badedi,7 Mousa Mobarki,8 Abdulaziz H Alhazmi9 1Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, 45142, Saudi ...
Ghazwani SM, Arishi HM, Dhayhi NS, Shami MO, Gosadi IM, Rajab M, Badedi M, Mobarki M, Alhazmi AH.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Visceral basidiobolomycosis

African Journal of Paediatric Surgery, 2016
Beuy Joob, Viroj Wiwanitkit
doaj   +3 more sources

Single-center retrospective study on Basidiobolomycosis: Characteristics, management, and outcomes

Journal of Infection and Public Health
Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB), a rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum, primarily affects children in tropical regions and often mimics other conditions, leading to delayed diagnosis.
Huda Abbag, Alaa Al Juaid, Ahmad Alghamdi, Fatimah Alturkistani   +3 more
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Gastrointestinal Basidiobol Omycosis: A Case Report

Case Reports in Clinical Practice, 2022
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare invasive fungal infection, usually causing subcutaneous infection. Medical literature has rarely reported gastrointestinal and disseminated infections.
Mehran Karimi, Shokouh Taghipour Zahir, Mahtab Ordoei, Reza Nafisi Moghaddam, zahra Mohsenolhoseini   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source