RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Geramizadeh, Bita A1 Foroughi, Razieh A1 Keshtkar-Jahromi, Marzieh A1 Malek-Hosseini, Seyed-Ali A1 Alborzi, AbdolvahabYR 2012 T1 Gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis, an emerging infection in the immunocompetent host: a report of 14 patients JF Journal of Medical Microbiology, VO 61 IS 12 SP 1770 OP 1774 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.046839-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1473-5644, AB Zygomycosis is characterized by tissue invasion with broad, non-septate hyphae of species such as Rhizopus, Rhizomucor, Lichtheimia (Absidia) and Basidiobolus. Basidiobolus ranarum usually causes subcutaneous infection, and gastrointestinal manifestations in immunocompetent patients have rarely been reported. It is difficult to diagnose gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis because of the non-specific clinical presentation and the absence of a definite risk factor. This study identified 14 cases of gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis, all of which were diagnosed after surgery by characteristic histopathological findings. Diagnosis of this disease requires a high index of suspicion in patients presenting with abdominal symptoms, fever, gastrointestinal mass and eosinophilia accompanied by a high erythrocyte sedimentation rate., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.046839-0