Fatal intestinal basidiobolomycosis in a pediatric patient

• Main Authors: Pamela Fernandez, MD (Author), Esperanza Vidales-Nieto, MD (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Elsevier, 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Basidiobolomycosis is a rare but emerging fungal infection that causes severe and occasionally fatal illness. We present the case of a child with an abdominal mass and leukocytosis at the expense of eosinophilia, who underwent exploratory laparotomy showing a mass involving the transverse colon and...