Abstract
Prototheca spp. are environmental algae that may cause serious infection in the immunocompromised patient. Clinical manifestations may mimic other diseases. We present a case of fatal infection in a 78-year-old cardiac transplant recipient and discuss pitfalls in the clinical and laboratory diagnoses.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Communicable Diseases / etiology*
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Communicable Diseases / pathology
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Culture Media / chemistry
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Cytological Techniques
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Fatal Outcome
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Female
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Heart Transplantation / adverse effects
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Histocytochemistry
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Humans
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Immunocompromised Host
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Microbiological Techniques
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Microscopy
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Prototheca / classification*
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Prototheca / isolation & purification*
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Sequence Analysis, DNA
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Transplantation