Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis: mimicking Crohn's disease case report and review of the literature

Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is an unusual fungal infection that manifests in the skin and rarely involves other systems. All of the few cases of GIB reported so far were diagnosed with difficulty, necessitating laparotomy and resection of the inflamed part of the bowel. We report a chi...

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Main Authors: Khalid AlSaleem, Ali Al-Mehaidib, Mohammed Banemai, Ibrahim bin-Hussain, Mousa Faqih, Ahmed Al Mehmadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2013-09-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2013.500