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Protothecosis algaemia in a patient presenting with septic arthritis: A rare case of Prototheca zopfii isolated from Malaysia

Prototheca species have been reported to cause infections in human. Typically, clinical symptoms of protothecosis include cutaneous infection, olecranon bursitis, tenosynovitis and disseminated systemic disease. We report a case of septic arthritis in which Prototheca zopfii was isolated from blood....

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Autores principales: Palaniappan, Prem Ananth, Abot, Cassandra Anne, Mohd Tap, Ratna, Amran, Fairuz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8065273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33912392
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01121