Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in a child; an unusual fungal infection mimicking fistulising Crohn's disease

Journal of Crohn's and Colitis

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 368-372

  Saadah, Omar I ^a   Farouq, Mohammad F ^a   Daajani, Nawaf Al ^a   Kamal, Jamal S ^a   Ghanem, Ahmad T ^a  

^a KING ABDUL AZIZ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Basidiobolomycosis; Crohn's disease; Fistula; Gastrointestinal; Saudi Arabia; Voriconazole

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMPHOTERICIN B; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; NEUTROPHIL CYTOPLASMIC ANTIBODY; TRIMETHOPRIM; VORICONAZOLE;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CASE REPORT; CECUM; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COLITIS; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROHN DISEASE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; GASTROINTESTINAL BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUM; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEPHROSTOMY; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM POLYP; SAUDI ARABIA; THROMBOCYTE; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLECTOMY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MALE; PYRIMIDINES; TRIAZOLES; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 84858078618     PISSN: 18739946     EISSN: 18764479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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