Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis, an emerging infection in the immunocompetent host: A report of 14 patients

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue PART12, 2012, Pages 1770-1774

  Geramizadeh, Bita ^a,b   Foroughi, Razieh ^b   Keshtkar Jahromi, Marzieh ^b   Malek Hosseini, Seyed Ali ^b   Alborzi, Abdolvahab ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ITRACONAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASIDIOBOLOMYCOSIS; BASIDIOBOLUS; BASIDIOBOLUS RANARUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; EOSINOPHILIA; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIVER BIOPSY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENTOMOPHTHORALES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ZYGOMYCOSIS;

EID: 84869486632     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.046839-0     Document Type: Article

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