Open AccessDisseminated Basidiobolomycosis in an Immunocompetent Woman
Author(s) -
Caterina Bigliazzi,
Venerino Poletti,
Davide Dell’Amore,
Luca Saragoni,
Thomas V. Colby
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of clinical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349
H-Index - 255
eISSN - 1070-633X
pISSN - 0095-1137
DOI - 10.1128/jcm.42.3.1367-1369.2004
Subject(s) - zygomycosis , medicine , eosinophilia , autopsy , lung , pathology , dermatology , amphotericin b , antifungal
Basidiobolomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous infection of the trunk and limbs due to Basidiobolus ranarum. The disease is well known in tropical areas, although recent cases of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis have also been reported in Arizona. We describe a young immunocompetent women who had presented with eosinophilia and lung infiltrates. She subsequently died, and diagnosis of disseminated basidiobolomycosis was made on the basis of histological features at autopsy.