Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis: An emerging fungal infection causing bowel perforation in a child

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1395-1402

  El Shabrawi, H F M ^a   Kamal, Naglaa Mohamed ^a,b   Jouini, Riyadh ^b   Al Harbi, Abdullah ^b   Voigt, Kerstin ^c,d   Al Malki, Talal ^b,e  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AL HADA ARMED FORCES HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^e TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTISCHISTOSOMAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE; PRAZIQUANTEL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; BASIDIOBOLUS; BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CECUM PERFORATION; CECUM TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBEDDING; EMERGENCY SURGERY; EOSINOPHILIA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEVER; FORMALIN FIXED PARAFFIN EMBEDDED TISSUE SECTION; FUNGUS CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE CANCER; INTESTINE LYMPHOMA; INTESTINE PERFORATION; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMAL GRANULOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOM; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMURAL GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; URINALYSIS; VOMITING;

ABDOMEN; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BIOPSY; CHILD; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; ITRACONAZOLE; MALE; MYCOSES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051808974     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.028613-0     Document Type: Article

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