Pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1007-1013

  Al Jarie, Ahmed ^a   Al Mohsen, Ibrahim ^a   Al Jumaah, Suliman ^a   Al Hazmi, Mohammed ^e   Al Zamil, Fahad ^c   Al Zahrani, Mohammed ^b   Al Modovar, Edna ^a   Al Dayel, Fouad ^a   Al Arishii, Haider ^d   Shehrani, Dayel ^a   Martins, Jens ^a   Al Mehaidib, Ali ^a   Rossi, Ljubomir ^a   Olaiyan, Ibrahim ^c   Le Quesne, Garry ^a   Al Mazrou, Abdulrahman ^c  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SECURITY FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Basidiobolomycosis, fungal; Basidiobolus ranarum, Splendore Hoeppli phenomenon, tissue eosinophilia

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AMPHOTERICIN B LIPID COMPLEX; ITRACONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOBOLUS; BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EOSINOPHILIA; GASTROINTESTINAL BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEMICOLECTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 10744227177     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.inf.0000095166.94823.11     Document Type: Article

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