A Case of Cutaneous Protothecosis
Annals of Dermatology
;
: 206-210, 1996.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-18320
ABSTRACT
Protothecosis is a rare cutaneous soft tissue infection caused by the genus prototheca, most commonly Prototheca wickerhatmii. An 80-year-old woman has had a painful or tender, non-healing, eczematous plaque on the extensor surface of the left forearm for 4 years. A biopsy specimen revealed the characteristic thick-walled morulalike sporangia in the dermis. P. wickerha mili was isolated in the culture and the biochemical studies. Electron microscopic examination showed the thick-walled spores containing dark dense bodies and amyloplasts. Oral itraconazole therapy for 4 weeks resulted-in a marked improvement of the skin lesion.
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Main subject:
Prototheca
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Skin
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Spores
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Biopsy
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Plastids
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Itraconazole
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Soft Tissue Infections
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Dermis
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Sporangia
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Forearm
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Annals of Dermatology
Year:
1996
Type:
Article
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