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Gastro-intestinal basidiobolomycosis in the last ten years amongst children in Southern Iran
Joint Event on International Conference on Pathology and Infectious Diseases & 3rd International Conference on Pathology and Oncology Research
November 11-12, 2019 | Singapore
A Sanaei Dashti, N Zarei, Kadivar, A Alborzi, Gh Pooladfar and E Sadeghi
Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz Iran
Scientific Tracks Abstracts : J Infectious Disease Med Microbiol
Abstract:
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 the world,
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.
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-mail: anahitasanaei@gmail.com
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