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Disseminated and ulcerative basidiobolomycosis simulating a buruli ulcer in an immunocompetent girl in Southern Benin

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
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, Christelle D´almeida, Bérénice Degboe, Benjamin Morvant, Marlène Lyne Ganlonon, Ambroise Adeye, Anne Croue, Maxime Kiki, Espoir Sodjinou   +8 more
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Atypical presentation for a gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis and rare side effect of Voriconazole: A case report and literature review. [PDF]

Med Mycol Case Rep
Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is a rare fungal infection often misdiagnosed with other gastrointestinal disorders. We report a case of a 6-year-old boy from Saudi Arabia who presented with fever, abdominal pain, and weight loss, initially ...
Abulhamail AS, Alsubaie MA, Bahawi YO.
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Efficacy of Two-phase Treatment Regimen for Rhino-facial Entomophthoromycosis: Our Experience and Review of Literature

Oman Medical Journal, 2022
This paper reviews our institutional experience in the management of rhino-facial entomophthoromycosis, a rare subcutaneous fungal infection. We adopt a fixed two-phase protocol comprising an initial ‘intensive phase’ (two-drug regimen) followed by an ...
Srinivas Chadaram, Preetam Chappity, Vinaykumar Hallur, Prity Sharma, Pradhan Pradeep, Pradipta Parida   +5 more
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Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis in pediatric patients: A diagnostic dilemma and management challenge

International Journal of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 2021
Introduction: Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal disease, lately appearing in the gastrointestinal system of pediatric patients. Their clinical presentation resembles that of lymphoma or granulomatous inflammations.
Afaq Mobin Al Haq, Alaa Rasheedi, Muayed Al Farsi, Abeer Mehdar, Yasmin Yousef, Khalid Rasheed, Soliman Binyahib   +6 more
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The Sinus That Breeds Fungus: Subcutaneous Zygomycosis Caused by Basidiobolus ranarum at the Injection Site

Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013
Subcutaneous zygomycosis is caused by Basidiobolus ranarum which is endemic in India. We report a case of a housewife who presented with a persistent discharging sinus from the right gluteal region subsequent to an intramuscular injection which was refractory to empirical antituberculous therapy.
S. T. Jayanth, P. Gaikwad, M. Promila, J. C. Muthusami, L. M. Bush, G. Walder   +5 more
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Subcutaneous Basidiobolomycosis Resembling Fournier’s Gangrene [PDF]

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 2016
Basidiobolomycosis is an uncommon cutaneous zygomycete infection typically seen in immunocompetent individuals. Diagnosis can be made by biopsy and fungal culture of the lesion. Treatment with Potassium iodide and co-trimoxazole is simple and effective. Early and accurate diagnosis of basidiobolomycosis is essential to avoid dissemination and mortality.
Roshni Julia, Rajan, Promila, Mohanraj, Winsley, Rose   +2 more
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Rhinoentomophthoromycosis: An uncommon but not rare fungal infection of the nose

Journal of Current Research in Scientific Medicine, 2019
Entomophthoromycosis is a group of fungal infections caused by fungus belonging to the order Entomophthorales. The two clinical forms of entomophthoromycosis identified are Basidiobolomycosis and Conidiobolomycosis. Rhino-facial conidiobolomycosis mainly
George Thomas, Jathin Sam Thekkethil, Jency Maryia Koshy, Sumin Mariam Thomas   +3 more
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Subcutaneous Zygomycosis Due to Basidiobolus ranarum: A Case Report from Maharastra, India

Journal of Tropical Medicine, Volume 2010, Issue 1, 2010., 2010
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 misdiagnosed as a soft tissue tumor and resected.
Mani Anand, Sanjay D. Deshmukh, Dilip P. Pande, Suresh Naik, Dhyaneshwari P. Ghadage, Luis Eduardo Cuevas   +5 more
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Colonic Basidiobolomycosis and Cytomegalovirus Colitis: Dual Infection as Rare Concurrence

Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare infection caused by the saprophytic fungus Basidiobolus ranarum of the Zygomycetes family. Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is a newly recognized emerging and rare form of the disease with 46 cases reported in adults
Anita Pandit Javalgi, Basavaraj Dundappa Yamakanamardi, Vidisha S. Athanikar   +2 more
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A rare case of invasive necrotizing myositis of the thigh caused by Basidiobolus ranarum: a multi-pronged approach to successfully managing a near-fatal polybacterial mycotic infection [PDF]

Current Medical Mycology
Background and Purpose: Traumatic fungal diseases are relatively less common and present significant challenges in treatment. In some cases, there is progressive spread and deep soft tissue colonization, especially in immunocompromised patients and those
Dhira Shobith Munipati, Navin Sundar Arunachalam Jeykumar, Balamourougan Krishnaraj, Venkatesh Arumuga Nainar, Anitha Gunalan, Rakesh Singh, Sanjay Sriram S, Nanda Kishore Maroju   +7 more
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