Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis as a rare etiology of bowel obstruction

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 239-241

  Fahimzad, Alireza ^a,c   Karimi, Abdollah ^a   Tabatabaei, Sedigheh Rafiee ^a   Zadeh, Mahbubeh Gerami ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Basidiobolomycosis; Bowel obstruction; Children; Fungal infection

Indexed keywords

DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS; FUNGUS ATTACK;

BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; BOWEL OBSTRUCTIONS; FUNGAL INFECTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ITRACONAZOLE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COLOSTOMY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 33748342572     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: 13036165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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