Gastrointestinal entomophthoramycosis caused by Basidiobolus haptosporus

There was described the first cultural proven case of gastrointestinal entomophthoramycosis caused by B. haptosporus. A review of the literature on gastrointestinal zygomycosis led us to presume that similar clinical reported cases have been also caused by this fungus. A commentary on the designatio...

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Published inMycopathologia (1975) Vol. 72; no. 2; p. 101
Main Authors de Aguiar, E, Moraes, W C, Londero, A T
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Netherlands 01.01.1980
Subjects
Child, Preschool
Entomophthora
Gastrointestinal Diseases - etiology
Gastrointestinal Diseases - pathology
Humans
Male
Mycoses - etiology
Mycoses - pathology
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Summary:There was described the first cultural proven case of gastrointestinal entomophthoramycosis caused by B. haptosporus. A review of the literature on gastrointestinal zygomycosis led us to presume that similar clinical reported cases have been also caused by this fungus. A commentary on the designation of the clinical forms of the infections caused by Zygomycetes was also made.
ISSN:0301-486X
DOI:10.1007/BF00493818