INVASIVE RETROPERITONEAL INFECTION DUE TO BASIDIOBOLUS-RANARUM WITH RESPONSE TO POTASSIUM-IODIDE - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

Authors
NAZIR Z HASAN R PERVAIZ S ALAM M MOAZAM F
Citation
Z. Nazir et al., INVASIVE RETROPERITONEAL INFECTION DUE TO BASIDIOBOLUS-RANARUM WITH RESPONSE TO POTASSIUM-IODIDE - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, Annals of tropical paediatrics, 17(2), 1997, pp. 161-164
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Tropical Medicine
Journal title
Annals of tropical paediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
02724936
Volume
17
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
161 - 164
Database
ISI
SICI code
0272-4936(1997)17:2<161:IRIDTB>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
We report a case of invasive retroperitoneal zygomycotic infection cau sed by Basidiobolus ranarum in a healthy 8-year-old boy. The youngster responded dramatically to potassium iodide. The clinical and patholog ical features are reviewed to highlight the problems encountered in th e management of this rare infection.