A case of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis mimicking Crohn`s disease. A review of pediatric literature

Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by basidiobolus ranarum. The vast majority of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis cases were reported from tropical and subtropical regions. We report a Saudi pediatric patient with ileal basidiobolomycosis and initial clinical presentation mimick...

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Published inSaudi medical journal Vol. 34; no. 10; p. 1068
Main Authors Al Asmi, Mona M, Faqeehi, Hassan Y, Alshahrani, Dayel A, Al-Hussaini, Abdulrahman A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Saudi Arabia 01.10.2013
Subjects
Antifungal Agents - therapeutic use
Child, Preschool
Crohn Disease - diagnosis
Crohn Disease - drug therapy
Crohn Disease - physiopathology
Diagnosis, Differential
Humans
Male
Pyrimidines - therapeutic use
Triazoles - therapeutic use
Voriconazole
Zygomycosis - diagnosis
Zygomycosis - drug therapy
Zygomycosis - physiopathology
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Summary:Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by basidiobolus ranarum. The vast majority of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis cases were reported from tropical and subtropical regions. We report a Saudi pediatric patient with ileal basidiobolomycosis and initial clinical presentation mimicking acute appendicitis before being misdiagnosed as Crohn's disease. Our case is the first to report effective treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis using voriconazole mono-therapy. In addition, we present extensive review of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in medical literature.
ISSN:0379-5284