Cutaneous protothecosis: case report

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Coutinho, Amália M.¹  Carneiro, Fabiana Pirani¹  Rebêlo, Ana Maria G.¹  Hospital Universitário de Brasília, Brasília¹  Moraes, Mário Augusto P.¹ 

关键词: Protothecosis;    Phaeohyphomycosis;    Itraconazole;    Algae;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0037-86822007000400018

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

【 摘 要 】

A case of cutaneous protothecosis was reported in a 78-year-old man that was in treatment for pemphigus foliaceus and phaeohyphomycosis. He presented erythematous lesions which were infiltrated into his right leg. The diagnosis was made histopathologically and confirmed by culture, and the patient was successfully treated with itraconazole.

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