A rare case of fatal gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis

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. It lacks a distinct clinical manifestation, and most initial cases are in...

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Autores principales: Alsaeed, Mohammed, Mursi, Mohamed, Bahloul, Abdelkarim, Alrumeh, Assem, Arab, Nahlah, Alrasheed, Mohannad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9958272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36852406
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01709
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Sumario: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. It lacks a distinct clinical manifestation, and most initial cases are incorrectly identified. We report a 69-year-old male patient who presented to the emergency department with history of abdominal pain, fever, and weight loss for 1 year that turned to be gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis.

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