Prototheca: A Danger Underwater

Prototheca wickerhamii rarely causes systemic infection in humans but when it occurs, there are coexisting comorbidities. This case illustrated shows the manifestation of this opportunistic microorganism in an immunosuppressed patient. The patient was successfully treated with Liposomal amphotericin...

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Autores principales: Velez-Mejia, Carolina, Velez-Londoño, Juan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Case Illustrated
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5520952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28752062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.05.014
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description Prototheca wickerhamii rarely causes systemic infection in humans but when it occurs, there are coexisting comorbidities. This case illustrated shows the manifestation of this opportunistic microorganism in an immunosuppressed patient. The patient was successfully treated with Liposomal amphotericin B with complete resolution of the lesions.
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spelling pubmed-55209522017-07-27 Prototheca: A Danger Underwater Velez-Mejia, Carolina Velez-Londoño, Juan IDCases Case Illustrated Prototheca wickerhamii rarely causes systemic infection in humans but when it occurs, there are coexisting comorbidities. This case illustrated shows the manifestation of this opportunistic microorganism in an immunosuppressed patient. The patient was successfully treated with Liposomal amphotericin B with complete resolution of the lesions. Elsevier 2017-06-29 /pmc/articles/PMC5520952/ /pubmed/28752062 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.05.014 Text en © 2017 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5520952/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28752062
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2017.05.014
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