TY - JOUR
T1 - Gastrointestinal zygomycotic infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum
T2 - Case report and review
AU - Zavasky, Dani Margot
AU - Samowitz, Wade
AU - Loftus, Terrence
AU - Segal, Helene
AU - Carroll, Karen
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Basidiobolus species are filamentous fungi belonging to the order Entomophthorales. Unlike other zygomycetes, Basidiobolus species have been mainly associated with a tropical form of subcutaneous zygomycosis in otherwise healthy individuals. Visceral disease caused by this pathogen is rare, but cases of gastrointestinal infection with Basidiobolus ranarum have been reported worldwide. In many of these reports, the inflammatory disease of the colon has been confused with Crohn's disease. We report the third case of B. ranarum gastrointestinal infection in the United States, which was initially treated as inflammatory bowel disease.
AB - Basidiobolus species are filamentous fungi belonging to the order Entomophthorales. Unlike other zygomycetes, Basidiobolus species have been mainly associated with a tropical form of subcutaneous zygomycosis in otherwise healthy individuals. Visceral disease caused by this pathogen is rare, but cases of gastrointestinal infection with Basidiobolus ranarum have been reported worldwide. In many of these reports, the inflammatory disease of the colon has been confused with Crohn's disease. We report the third case of B. ranarum gastrointestinal infection in the United States, which was initially treated as inflammatory bowel disease.
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U2 - 10.1086/514781
DO - 10.1086/514781
M3 - Article
C2 - 10451160
AN - SCOPUS:0033051940
SN - 1058-4838
VL - 28
SP - 1244
EP - 1248
JO - Clinical Infectious Diseases
JF - Clinical Infectious Diseases
IS - 6
ER -