Emergence of Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis in the United States, with a Review of Worldwide Cases

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1685-1691

  Vikram, Holenarasipur R ^a   Smilack, Jerry D ^a   Leighton, Jonathan A ^b   Crowell, Michael D ^b   De Petris, Giovanni ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; CASPOFUNGIN; FLUCYTOSINE; ITRACONAZOLE; KETOCONAZOLE; MICONAZOLE; POSACONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL RESISTANCE; ANTIFUNGAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; BASIDIOBOLUS; BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER; GASTROINTESTINAL BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LARGE INTESTINE; LIVER; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; ARIZONA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DESERT CLIMATE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 84861490495     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis250     Document Type: Review

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