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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1367-1369, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1367-1369.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Disseminated Basidiobolomycosis in an Immunocompetent Woman

Caterina Bigliazzi,1 Venerino Poletti,1* Davide Dell'Amore,1 Luca Saragoni,2 and Thomas V. Colby3

Department of Thoracic Disease,1 Department of Anatomic Pathology, Ospedale GB Morgagni, Forlì, Italy,2 Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona3

Received 16 June 2003/ Returned for modification 26 August 2003/ Accepted 30 October 2003

Basidiobolomycosis is a chronic subcutaneous infection of the trunk and limbs due to Basidiobolus ranarum. The disease is well known in tropical areas, although recent cases of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis have also been reported in Arizona. We describe a young immunocompetent women who had presented with eosinophilia and lung infiltrates. She subsequently died, and diagnosis of disseminated basidiobolomycosis was made on the basis of histological features at autopsy.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Dipartimento di Malattie dell'Apparato Respiratorio, Ospedale GB Morgagni, Piazzale Solieri 1, 47100 Forlì, Italy. Phone: 39 543 731362. Fax: 39 543 731461. vepolet{at}tin.it.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, March 2004, p. 1367-1369, Vol. 42, No. 3
0095-1137/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1367-1369.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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