Cutaneous protothecosis and AIDS.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Cutaneous protothecosis is an uncommon algal infection with a varied clinical presentation that occurs mainly in immunocompromised patients. We describe a 33-year-old Hispanic woman with AIDS who had a verrucous plaque on the dorsum of her hand. A biopsy specimen revealed organisms suggestive of Prototheca. Culture confirmed the organism to be Prototheca wickerhamii. To our knowledge, this is the first case of cutaneous protothecosis reported in a patient with AIDS.
Medical subject headings
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Dermatomycoses
- Hand Dermatoses
- Prototheca