Disseminated protothecosis manifesting with multiple, rapidly-progressing skin ulcers: successful treatment with amphotericin B

Eur J Dermatol. 2015 Apr;25(2):208-9. doi: 10.1684/ejd.2015.2518.

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dermatology,, Steel Yawata Memorial Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
² Department of Dermatology.
³ Department of Medicine, Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.

PMID: 25906086
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2015.2518

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Amphotericin B / therapeutic use*
Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use*
Female
Humans
Infections / complications
Infections / drug therapy*
Prototheca*
Skin Diseases, Infectious / drug therapy*
Skin Ulcer

Substances

Antifungal Agents
Amphotericin B