Gastrointestinal Zygomycotic Infection Caused by Basidiobolus ranarum: Case Report and Review | Zendy

DaniMargot Zavasky | Zendy; Wade S. Samowitz | Zendy; Terrence Loftus | Zendy; Helene Segal | Zendy; Karen C. Carroll | Zendy

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Gastrointestinal Zygomycotic Infection Caused by Basidiobolus ranarum: Case Report and Review

Author(s) -

DaniMargot Zavasky,

Wade S. Samowitz,

Terrence Loftus,

Helene Segal,

Karen C. Carroll

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1086/514781

Subject(s) - zygomycosis , medicine , entomophthorales , mucormycosis , gastrointestinal tract , disease , inflammatory bowel disease , pathogen , pathology , dermatology , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , spore , antifungal , amphotericin b

Basidiobolus species are filamentous fungi belonging to the order Entomophthorales. Unlike other zygomycetes, Basidiobolus species have been mainly associated with a tropical form of subcutaneous zygomycosis in otherwise healthy individuals. Visceral disease caused by this pathogen is rare, but cases of gastrointestinal infection with Basidiobolus ranarum have been reported worldwide. In many of these reports, the inflammatory disease of the colon has been confused with Crohn's disease. We report the third case of B. ranarum gastrointestinal infection in the United States, which was initially treated as inflammatory bowel disease.

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