Abstract
Protothecosis is an emerging opportunistic infection caused by species belonging to the genus Prototheca. Two Japanese cases of protothecosis are documented with a critical review of the literature. A current perspective concerning the microbiology and disease entity of protothecosis is described in detail.
MeSH terms
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Amphotericin B / therapeutic use
- Arm
- Child, Preschool
- Dermatomycoses / drug therapy
- Dermatomycoses / epidemiology
- Dermatomycoses / microbiology*
- Enteritis / drug therapy
- Enteritis / epidemiology
- Enteritis / microbiology*
- Female
- Humans
- Intestinal Mucosa / microbiology
- Japan / epidemiology
- Ketoconazole / therapeutic use
- Lymph Nodes / microbiology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prototheca*
Substances
- Amphotericin B
- Ketoconazole