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Fatal intestinal basidiobolomycosis in a pediatric patient

Journal of Pediatric Surgery Case Reports, 2022
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare but emerging fungal infection that causes severe and occasionally fatal illness. We present the case of a child with an abdominal mass and leukocytosis at the expense of eosinophilia, who underwent exploratory laparotomy ...
Pamela Fernandez, MD, Esperanza Vidales-Nieto, MD   +1 more
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A rare case of fatal gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis

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, Mohamed Mursi, Abdelkarim Bahloul, Assem Alrumeh, Nahlah Arab, Mohannad Alrasheed   +5 more
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Basidiobolomycosis: Case report and literature overview

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2021
Basidiobolomycosis or subcutaneous zygomycosis or subcutaneous phycomycosis is a chronic granulomatous infection of skin and subcutaneous tissue, caused by a saprophytic filamentous fungus, Basidiobolus ranarum, clinically characterized by firm, painless
Mitanjali Sethy, Satyajit Sahu, Suvigya Sachan   +2 more
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A diagnostic challenge of tongue botryomycosis miming mycetoma-A case report. [PDF]

Skin Health Dis
Botryomycosis, an infrequent bacterial infection, was unexpectedly identified as the aetiology behind the patient's tongue lesion. Botryomycosis mimics mycetoma clinically, which is common among infectious diseases. Therefore, healthcare providers should be more exhaustive during the differential diagnosis.
Siddig EE, Ahmed A.
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Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis in a Child

JPGN Reports, Volume 2, Issue 3, August 2021., 2021
Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is unusual, rare, and emerging fungal infection. It is caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. Unlike other fungal infections, B ranarum affects immunocompetent individuals with potentially grave sequelae if unrecognized. GIB is difficult to be diagnosed due to unspecific clinical presentation.
Fat'hiya Al Harthy, Omaima Al Kalbani, Mohammed Al Masqri, Ahmed Al Dhuhli, Khoula Al Said   +4 more
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A Rare Case of Neisseria animaloris Hand Infection and Associated Nonhealing Wound

Journal of Hand Surgery Global Online, 2020
Neisseria animaloris is a rare pathogen in humans primarily associated with dog and cat bites. Fourteen cases have been documented in the literature related to the difficulty in identifying this bacterium in the laboratory.
Kathryn C. Helmig, MD, Mark S. Anderson, MD, Thomas F. Byrd, MD, Camille Aubin-Lemay, MD, Moheb S. Moneim, MD   +4 more
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A Comprehensive Review of Infectious Granulomatous Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Gastroenterology Research and Practice, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
A granuloma is defined as a localized inflammatory reaction or a hypersensitive response to a nondegradable product leading to an organized collection of epithelioid histiocytes. Etiologies of granulomatous disorders can be divided into two broad categories: infectious and noninfectious (autoimmune conditions, toxins, etc.) causes.
Shivantha Amarnath, Liliane Deeb, Jobin Philipose, Xiaomin Zheng, Vivek Gumaste, Lukas J.A.C. Hawinkels   +5 more
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Conidiobolomycosis: A case report of rare fungal infection from the eastern India

Indian Dermatology Online Journal, 2015
Conidiobolomycosis is a rare chronic subcutaneous mycosis of nose and paranasal sinuse predominately affects the middle age men in tropical countries. It is caused by a saprophytic fungus "Conodiobolus coronatus", which can survives in soils and dried ...
Somashree Dutta, Somenath Sarkar, Uttam Linka, Sujata Dora   +3 more
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Allergic conjunctival granuloma with Splendore–Hoeppli phenomenon

Kerala Journal of Ophthalmology, 2020
Allergic conjunctival granuloma (ACG) or Splendore–Hoeppli phenomenon (SHP) (asteroid bodies) is characterized by microorganisms (fungi, bacteria, and parasites) or biologically inert substances surrounded by radiating intensely eosinophilic material thought to be due to the deposition of antigen–antibody complexes and debris from the host inflammatory
Marian Pauly, Sushma Ananthakrishna
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Intranasal mycetoma‐induced Splendore‐Hoeppli phenomenon

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, 2010
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Ju Wan, Kang, Ja Seung, Ku, Chang-Hoon, Kim, Joo-Heon, Yoon   +3 more
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