Title: Pediatric gastrointestinal basidiobolomycosis mimicking malignancy

Biography:

Consultant Pediatric Infectious Diseases at King Abdulaziz Hospital (KAH) for National Guard, Al-Ahsa, KSA. MBBS from King Faisal University, Dammam in 2007. Saudi a board in Pediatrics(SSCP). Arab board in pediatrics (CABP) Clinical fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (SF-PED ID). program director of pediatric residency program at KAH. Chair of antimicrobial stewardship team in almoosa specialist hospital. Member of infection control committee in KAH. Member of Infectious diseases society of America (IDSA). Member of Saudi society of pediatric infectious diseases. Active full member of APIC Association for professionals in infection control and epidemiology(APIC). He has published several national and international articles in infectious diseases.

Abstract

Basidiobolomycosis is a rare fungal infection with high prevalence in southwestern province of Saudi Arabia (Tohama region); it mainly causes subcutaneous infections and rarely gastrointestinal disease. Because of its indolent presentation, it is often misdiagnosed as IBD, tuberculosis or Malignancy. We are reporting a 7 year old Saudi girl with abdominal mass, fever and eosinophilia resembling malignancy on radiological and pathological picture fully recovered with only medical therapy in the form of oral Voriconazole.