Cutaneous protothecosis in kidney transplant recipient()()

Protothecosis is a rare condition caused by the aclorophylated algae of the genus Prototheca. In humans, protothecosis, caused mainly by P. wickerhamii, manifests itself in three forms: cutaneous, articular and systemic. It can occur in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed individuals, being mu...

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Autores principales: Godofredo, Valeria Romero, Enokihara, Milvia Maria Simões e Silva, Tomimori, Jane, Ogawa, Marilia Marufuji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Dermatologia 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7175028/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32059817
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.abd.2019.08.022
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Sumario:Protothecosis is a rare condition caused by the aclorophylated algae of the genus Prototheca. In humans, protothecosis, caused mainly by P. wickerhamii, manifests itself in three forms: cutaneous, articular and systemic. It can occur in both immunocompetent and immunosuppressed individuals, being much more common in the latter. We present a new case of protothecosis in Brazil in a kidney transplant recipient.

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