Human pathogenic entomophthorales

R Vilela, L Mendoza - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2018 - journals.asm.org
The pathogenic entomophthoralean fungi cause infection in insects and mammalian hosts.
Basidiobolus and Conidiobolus species can be found in soil and insect, reptile, and …

Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis, a rare and under-diagnosed fungal infection in immunocompetent hosts: a review article

B Geramizadeh, M Heidari… - Iranian journal of …, 2015 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gastrointestinal Basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is an unusual, rare, but emerging fungal infection
in the stomach, small intestine, colon, and liver. It has been rarely reported in the English …

Entomophthoromycosis: a challenging emerging disease

MHF El‐Shabrawi, H Arnaout, L Madkour… - Mycoses, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Entomophthoromycosis is a rare fungal infection that may affect immunocompetent hosts;
predominantly in tropical and subtropical regions. Recently, the importance of this emerging …

Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis: an emerging mycosis difficult to diagnose but curable. Case report and review of the literature

MD Pezzani, V Di Cristo, C Parravicini… - Travel Medicine and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is a rare mycosis affecting almost
exclusively immunocompetent subjects. Methods We describe a case of GIB caused by …

Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis, an emerging infection in the immunocompetent host: a report of 14 patients

B Geramizadeh, R Foroughi… - Journal of medical …, 2012 - microbiologyresearch.org
Zygomycosis is characterized by tissue invasion with broad, non-septate hyphae of species
such as Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Lichtheimia (Absidia) and Basidiobolus. Basidiobolus …

An unusual case of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis mimicking colon cancer; literature and review

R Mohammadi, MA Chaharsoghi, F Khorvash… - Journal de Mycologie …, 2019 - Elsevier
Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB), a rare fungal infection associated with high
mortality, has been reported worldwide mainly from tropical and subtropical regions of Asia …

Diagnosis of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis: a mini‐review

MH El‐Shabrawi, NM Kamal, K Kaerger, K Voigt - Mycoses, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Basidiobolus ranarum (Entomophthoromycotina) very rarely affects the gastrointestinal (GI)
tract. To date, reported paediatric GI basidiobolomycosis cases are 27 worldwide; 19 from …

Successful treatment of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis with voriconazole without surgical intervention

BA Albaradi, AMI Babiker… - Journal of tropical …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare disease due to fungus Basidiobolus ranarum, an
environmental saprophyte that is found worldwide, though mainly reported in the tropical …

Abdominal imaging findings in gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis

KT Flicek, HR Vikram, GD De Petris, CD Johnson - Abdominal imaging, 2015 - Springer
Purpose To describe the abdominal imaging findings of patients with gastrointestinal
Basidiobolus ranarum infection. Methods A literature search was performed to compile the …

Colonic basidiobolomycosis—an unusual presentation of eosinophilic intestinal inflammation

E Kurteva, A Bamford, K Cross, T Watson… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal disease caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. Involvement
of the gastrointestinal tract is unusual and poses both a diagnostic and therapeutic …