Subcutaneous Zygomycosis Due to Basidiobolus ranarum: A Case Report from Maharastra, India [PDF]
Journal of Tropical Medicine, 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 ...
Mani Anand +4 more
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The Sinus That Breeds Fungus: Subcutaneous Zygomycosis Caused by Basidiobolus ranarum at the Injection Site [PDF]
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, 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 ...
S. T. Jayanth +3 more
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The gut fungus Basidiobolus ranarum has a large genome and different copy numbers of putatively functionally redundant elongation factor genes. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Fungal genomes range in size from 2.3 Mb for the microsporidian Encephalitozoon intestinalis up to 8000 Mb for Entomophaga aulicae, with a mean genome size of 37 Mb.
Daniel A Henk, Matthew C Fisher
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Basidiobolomycosis of the Colon Masquerading as Stenotic Colon Cancer [PDF]
Case Reports in Surgery, 2011 Basidiobolus ranarum is a widespread saprophyte fungus with pathogenic potential. It affects mainly the subcutaneous tissues of the trunk and limbs.
M. Ezzedien Rabie +4 more
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Immunological Cross-Reactivity of Proteins Extracted from the Oomycete Pythium insidiosum and the Fungus Basidiobolus ranarum Compromises the Detection Specificity of Immunodiagnostic Assays for Pythiosis [PDF]
Journal of Fungi, 2021 Pythiosis, a life-threatening disease caused by Pythium insidiosum, has been increasingly diagnosed worldwide. A recently developed immunochromatographic test (ICT) enables the rapid diagnosis of pythiosis.
Tiwa Rotchanapreeda +11 more
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Hepatic basidiobolomycosis masquerading as cholangiocarcinoma: a case report and literature review [PDF]
Journal of Liver Cancer, 2023 Basidiobolus ranarum is known to cause subcutaneous mycoses; however, rare cases of hepatic and gastrointestinal involvement by basidiobolomycosis have been reported.
Roopali Sehrawat +4 more
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Subcutaneous zygomycosis in an immunocompetent patient caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2023 Zygomycosis is a fungal infection in humans caused by orders Mucorales and Entomophthorales. The incidence of Mucorales causing mucormycosis is on a rise and is well documented, whereas Entomophthorales is rare. Among Entomophthorales, infections caused by Conidiobolus are more common than Basidiobolus.
Kadhirvelu HK +3 more
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A rare case of fatal gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis [PDF]
IDCases, 2023 Basidiobolomycosis is an uncommon fungal infection caused by the environmental saprophyte Basidiobolus ranarum. Basidiobolomycosis typically manifests as a subcutaneous infection, and rarely affects the gastrointestinal tract.
Mohammed Alsaeed +5 more
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A Psittacine bite and subcutaneous basidiobolomycosis: A case with a therapeutic challenge [PDF]
Medical Mycology Case Reports, 2023 Basidiobolus ranarum is a saprophyte that can be found in soil, rotting vegetables, and frogs' digestive tracts. Clinically, basidiobolomycosis presents as a persistent infection of subcutaneous tissue affecting the trunk and extremities in an ...
Shivani Choubey +6 more
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A fatal pseudo-tumour: disseminated basidiobolomycosis [PDF]
BMC Infectious Diseases, 2006 Background Basidiobolomycosis is a rare disease caused by the fungus Basidiobolus ranarum, member of the class Zygomycetes, order Entomophthorales, found worldwide.
Bemelman Willem A +5 more
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