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Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology | Volume 3
November 11-12, 2019 | Singapore
International Conference on
3
rd
International Conference on
Pathology and Infectious Diseases
Pathology and Oncology Research
Joint Event
&
J Infectious Disease Med Microbiol
| Volume 3
Gastro-intestinal basidiobolomycosis in the last ten years amongst children in Southern
Iran
A Sanaei Dashti, N Zarei, Kadivar, A Alborzi, Gh Pooladfar
and
E Sadeghi
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz Iran
Background:
Gastro-Intestinal Basidiobolomycosis (GIB) is a
rare fungal infection caused by Basidiobolus ranarum. Fewer
than 50 cases of GIB were reported worldwide between 1964
and 2012 (Duringa 48 year period), which less than 20 of
them have been reported from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Nigeria,
USA, and Brazil. This study aimed at presenting GIB cases in
southern Iran.
Materials and Methods:
All patients who infected with GIB
was studied during the last 10 years from the year 2009. A
questionnaire was completed for the 18 infected cases who
admitted in pediatrics wards. Patients' complaints, physical
examination, clinical symptoms, abdominal sonography and
pathology reports were investigated. SPSS software was
applied to analyzed the data.
Results:
The mean(SD) age of the women was 5.06(±4.10)
years. Fourteen (77.8% ) of them were male and 4 (22.2%)
were female. Abdominal pain was the most frequent
complaint that was reported by 83.3% of the patients
and most of them had fever (66.7%). The most common
impression on admission for majority of the patients was
lymphoma.
Conclusion:
Although GIB is a rare infection all over theworld,
the results in southern Iran showed it is not as rare as other
countries. It should be considered in any child with chronic
or sub-acute abdominal pain and mass to prevent delayed
diagnosis.
Speaker Biography
Anahita Sanaei Dashti has completed her Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Subspecialty in Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. She is the
head of infection control unit of Namazi Hospital since 2012. She also has
published about 48 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an
editorial board member of one Journal.
e:
anahitasanaei@gmail.com