Cutaneous protothecosis: report of a case in Hong Kong

Br J Dermatol. 1995 Sep;133(3):479-82. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1995.tb02683.x.

Abstract

We report a patient who presented with recalcitrant ulcerated papules and plaques on both legs. Histopathology revealed protothecosis, and subsequent culture of the lesions grew Prototheca wickerhamii. Gradual resolution of the ulcers occurred on treatment with itraconazole.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance
  • Humans
  • Itraconazole / therapeutic use
  • Leg Dermatoses / drug therapy
  • Leg Dermatoses / microbiology*
  • Leg Dermatoses / pathology
  • Male
  • Prototheca / isolation & purification*
  • Skin Diseases, Infectious / drug therapy
  • Skin Diseases, Infectious / microbiology*
  • Skin Diseases, Infectious / pathology

Substances

  • Antifungal Agents
  • Itraconazole