title: Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis treated with posaconazole.
abstract: A 67 year-old Caucasian male from Arizona presented with indolent symptoms of intestinal obstruction and hydronephrosis, found at surgery to be caused by a mass involving the terminal ileum and cecum, extending into the posterior abdominal wall and obstructing the right ureter. Histopathology was diagnostic of basidiobolomycosis. PCR of tissue and sequencing identified the fungus as, Basidiobolus ranarum. During one year of posaconazole treatment, the residual mass shrank, hydronephrosis was relieved and peripheral eosinophilia resolved.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda 20892, USA.
authors.forename: Stacey R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Rose
authors.affiliation: Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta 30033, USA.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lindsley
authors.affiliation: Mycotic Diseases Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta 30033, USA.
authors.forename: Steven F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Hurst
authors.affiliation: Infectious Diseases Pathology Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta 30033, USA.
authors.forename: Christopher D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Paddock
authors.affiliation: Mercy Gilbert Medical Center, 3555 S. Val Vista Drive, Gilbert 85297, USA.
authors.forename: Thara
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Damodaran
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Clinical Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda 20892, USA.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bennett
keywords: Basidiobolomycosis; Posaconazole