title: Cutaneous protothecosis--a case report.
abstract: The present report describes a case of cutaneous protothecosis, as confirmed by skin biopsy and culture, in a 62-year-old man with an erythematous plaque lesion on his back. The disease was initially detected after return from a trip to Taiwan. The characteristic sporangia and biochemical sugar assimilation tests indicated the organism to be Prototheca wickerhamii. Oral administration of (5-FC) failed to have any effect and so finally, the lesion had to be removed by surgical excision.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Otoyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tomizawa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Horiuchi
mesh_terms: D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011525:Prototheca