Prototheca wickerhamii Cutaneous and Systemic Infections

Prototheca wickerhamii, an environmental alga, rarely causes human infections. We present a case of Prototheca wickerhamii cutaneous and systemic infections in an 85-year-old male with adrenal insufficiency. This organism was identified by morphological features and microbiological tests. The patien...

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Autores principales: Chou, Deng-Wei, Chung, Kuo-Mou, Lee, Chao-Tai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2014
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Images in Clinical Tropical Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4183384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25274832
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0082
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description Prototheca wickerhamii, an environmental alga, rarely causes human infections. We present a case of Prototheca wickerhamii cutaneous and systemic infections in an 85-year-old male with adrenal insufficiency. This organism was identified by morphological features and microbiological tests. The patient was successfully treated with ketoconazole.
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spelling pubmed-41833842014-10-08 Prototheca wickerhamii Cutaneous and Systemic Infections Chou, Deng-Wei Chung, Kuo-Mou Lee, Chao-Tai Am J Trop Med Hyg Images in Clinical Tropical Medicine Prototheca wickerhamii, an environmental alga, rarely causes human infections. We present a case of Prototheca wickerhamii cutaneous and systemic infections in an 85-year-old male with adrenal insufficiency. This organism was identified by morphological features and microbiological tests. The patient was successfully treated with ketoconazole. The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 2014-10-01 /pmc/articles/PMC4183384/ /pubmed/25274832 http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0082 Text en ©The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_full Prototheca wickerhamii Cutaneous and Systemic Infections
title_fullStr Prototheca wickerhamii Cutaneous and Systemic Infections
title_full_unstemmed Prototheca wickerhamii Cutaneous and Systemic Infections
title_short Prototheca wickerhamii Cutaneous and Systemic Infections
title_sort prototheca wickerhamii cutaneous and systemic infections
topic Images in Clinical Tropical Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4183384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25274832
http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.14-0082
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