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Case Reports
. 2006 Feb;45(2):124-6.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02453.x.

Cutaneous protothecosis: report of a third Brazilian case

Clarisse Zaitz  1 , Andrea Miranda Godoy, Fabiana Márcia Colucci, Valéria Maria de Sousa, Ligia Rangel B Ruiz, Andréa S Masada, Márcia Valéria Nobre, Helena Muller, Laura Hitomi Muramatu, Giovanna Letícia Hernandez Arrigada, Elisabeth Maria Heins-Vaccari, José Eduardo Costa Martins
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Cutaneous protothecosis: report of a third Brazilian case

Clarisse Zaitz et al. Int J Dermatol. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

The present report describes a case of cutaneous protothecosis caused by Prototheca wickerhamii in a nonimmunocompromised Brazilian female. Dermatological examination revealed a 15-cm diffusely infiltrated eczema-like plaque recovered with many pustule-like lesions on the right forearm. We emphasize the mycological and pathological aspects of this infection that can lead to misdiagnosis. The patient was successfully treated with itraconazole.

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