Subcutaneous phycomycosis presenting with multiple swellings

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Sudha Rani Chintagunta (Author), Geetakiran Arakkal (Author), Sudha Vani Damarla (Author), V Akshay Kumar (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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Subcutaneous phycomycosis is a chronic fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. Phycomycosis due to B. ranarum is sporadic in nature with a few case reports from South India. The disease usually occurs in children, predominantly affecting males. Diagnosis is based on histopathology and cultu...