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The patient exhibited extensive mucosal tissue damage in the colon, with broad, undivided filamentous fungal hyphae present in the intestinal tissue. Therefore, the patient was suspected to have a filamentous fungal infection. Colonic tissue samples were obtained for fungal culture, and the fungus was identified as <jats:italic>L. ramosa<\/jats:italic> based on morphology and DNA sequencing. 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