Protothecosis in the mucosa of the pharynx mimicking pharyngeal cancer in an immunocompetent individual: a case report

BACKGROUND: Protothecosis is a rare infection in humans and animals caused by the achlorophyllic algae Prototheca species. More than half of the protothecosis cases are cutaneous infections, and most cases are observed in immunocompromised individuals. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of Protothe...

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Autores principales: Yamashita, Marie, Ikeda, Mahoko, Kato, Ito, Ohama, Yuki, Ando, Mizuo, Ikemura, Masako, Jubishi, Daisuke, Kanno, Yoshiaki, Okamoto, Koh, Umeyama, Takashi, Nakamura, Shigeki, Miyazaki, Yoshitsugu, Okugawa, Shu, Moriya, Kyoji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8845227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35164794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12941-022-00495-6

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