title: A case of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis mimicking Crohn`s disease. A review of pediatric literature.
abstract: Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection caused by basidiobolus ranarum. The vast majority of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis cases were reported from tropical and subtropical regions. We report a Saudi pediatric patient with ileal basidiobolomycosis and initial clinical presentation mimicking acute appendicitis before being misdiagnosed as Crohn's disease. Our case is the first to report effective treatment of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis using voriconazole mono-therapy. In addition, we present extensive review of pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis in medical literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mona M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Al Asmi
authors.forename: Hassan Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Faqeehi
authors.forename: Dayel A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Alshahrani
authors.forename: Abdulrahman A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al-Hussaini
mesh_terms: D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014230:Triazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D065819:Voriconazole; D020096:Zygomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D011743:Pyrimidines; D014230:Triazoles; D065819:Voriconazole