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

• Published in: Saudi 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
• Language: English
• 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

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...