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Case Report

Basidiobolomycosis complicated by hydronephrosis and a perinephric abscess presenting as a hypertensive emergency in a 7-year-old boy

Sriram KrishnamurthyDepartment of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry605006, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rakesh SinghDepartment of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India
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Venkatesh ChandrasekaranDepartment of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry605006, India
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Gopinathan MathiyazhaganDepartment of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry605006, India
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Meenachi ChidambaramDepartment of Microbiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India
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S. Deepak BarathiDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India
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Subramanian MahadevanDepartment of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry605006, India
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Pages 146-149 | Received 16 Dec 2015, Accepted 28 Feb 2016, Published online: 23 Jan 2017

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