Cutaneous Infection with Prototheca wickerhamii Treated Successfully with Voriconazole

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Chang, Hsun [1 ]
Wu, Yu-Hung [2 ,3 ]
Chiang, Chia-Chin [4 ]
Wang, Yu-Ting Tina [4 ]
Leong, Kam-Hang [4 ]
Tsai, Shin-Yi [2 ,4 ,5 ,6 ,7 ]
机构
[1] MacKay Mem Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Div Infect Dis, Taipei, Taiwan
[2] MacKay Med Coll, Dept Med, New Taipei, Taiwan
[3] MacKay Mem Hosp, Dept Dermatol, Taipei, Taiwan
[4] MacKay Mem Hosp, Dept Lab Med, Taipei, Taiwan
[5] MacKay Med Coll, Inst Long Term Care, New Taipei, Taiwan
[6] MacKay Med Coll, Inst Biomed Sci, New Taipei, Taiwan
[7] Johns Hopkins Univ, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Hlth Policy & Management, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA
关键词
Prototheca wickerhamii; protothecosis; voriconazole; traditional diagnostic techniques; molecular diagnostic techniques;
D O I
10.6890/IJGE.202207_16(3).0027
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R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];
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03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;
摘要
Human protothecosis is a rare disease that predominantly occurs in immunocompromised patients. Here, we present a case of a 73-year-old man with cutaneous protothecosis. The patient had multiple comorbidities and dermal exposure to herbs. Conventional and molecular diagnostic techniques revealed that the causative agent of protothecosis in this patient was Prototheca wickerhamii. Currently, no standard treatment is available for protothecosis. The patient achieved clinical improvement through voriconazole treatment. Copyright (c) 2022, Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency & Critical Care Medicine.
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