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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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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Basidiobolus ranarum as an Etiologic Agent of Gastrointestinal Zygomycosis [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2001 ABSTRACT Basidiobolus ranarum is a known cause of subcutaneous zygomycosis. Recently, its etiologic role in gastrointestinal infections has been increasingly recognized. While the clinical presentation of the subcutaneous disease is quite characteristic and the disease is easy to diagnose, gastrointestinal ...
Z U Khan +2 more
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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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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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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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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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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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Supplementary Developmental Stages of Basidiobolus Ranarum and Basidiobolus Haptosporus
Mycologia, 1956 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
Charles Drechsler
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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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