title: Cutaneous protothecosis in association with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: We report a case of protothecosis that occurred in the skin over the left tibial region of a 25-year-old man with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The lesion was noticed a few months after he swam in a lake in south Alabama. Biopsy and culture revealed Prototheca wickerhamii. We believe this is only the second reported case of cutaneous protothecosis in association with AIDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Polk
authors.forename: D Y
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D011525:Prototheca / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*