Basidiobolomycosis - A Rare and Underdiagnosed Fungal Infection Mimicking Eosinophilic Colitis
Published: October 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/29890.10795
Siddhant Vijay Mathurvaishya, Navneet Tiwari, Anuradha S Sekaran, Guduru Venkat Rao, Rebella Pradeep
1. Registrar, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
2. Consultant, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
3. Head of Department, Department of Pathology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
4. Head of Department, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
5. Senior Consultant, Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Siddhant Vijay Mathurvaishya,
6-3-661, Somajiguda, Hyderabad-500082, Telangana, India.
E-mail: mathur.siddhant@gmail.com
Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal disorder mostly restricted to the arid regions of US and the middle-eastern countries. We report an unusual case of this rare infection of the colon in a 45-year immunocompetent male with a rare fungus Basidiobolus ranarum managed successfully with surgery and antifungals. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of gastrointestinal infection with B. ranarum in an immunocompetent individual, reported from India.
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