|
KMID : 0670820070120020070
|
|
Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
2007 Volume.12 No. 2 p.70 ~ p.74
|
|
|
A Case of Cutaneous Protothecosis
|
|
Moon Hyung-Sik
Lee Hyun-Kyung
Park Kun
Chae Jung-Don
Son Sook-Ja
|
|
|
Abstract
|
|
|
|
Cutaneous protothecosis is a rare skin infection, caused by the genus prototheca, especially Prototheca wickerhamii. A 73-year-old woman had a painful, ulcerative patch and oozing plaque on left wrist and dorsum of hand for 2 months. Biopsy specimen revealed thick walled morula-like sporangia in the dermis. P. wickerhamii was isolated in the culture. Oral itraconazole therapy for 8 weeks is not satisfactory. New skin lesion is formed. After oral fluconazole therapy, patient’s skin lesion is improved. [Kor J Med Mycol 2007; 12(2): 70-74]
|
|
|
KEYWORD
|
|
|
Cutaneous protothecosis, Prototheca wickerhamii, Fluconazole
|
|
|
FullTexts / Linksout information
|
|
|
|
|
Listed journal information
|
|
  
|