Successful Treatment of Protothecal Tenosynovitis in an Immunocompetent Patient using Amphotericin B Deoxycholate

Protothecosis is an uncommon human infection caused by achlorophyllic algae of the genus Prototheca, especially P. wickerhamii. The skin is the most frequently involved organ and cases of protothecal tenosynovitis are very rare. A 71-year-old woman without prior medical history except hypertension p...

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Autores principales: Kim, Ji-Eun, Oh, Tae-Hoon, Lee, Kyung-Hwa, Shin, Jong-Hee, Jung, Sook-In
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society of Infectious Diseases and Korean Society for Chemotherapy 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5754341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29299897
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2017.49.4.293

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5754341/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29299897
http://dx.doi.org/10.3947/ic.2017.49.4.293

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