title: Prototheca wickerhamii mimicking yeast: a cautionary tale.
abstract: Prototheca spp. are environmental algae that may cause serious infection in the immunocompromised patient. Clinical manifestations may mimic other diseases. We present a case of fatal infection in a 78-year-old cardiac transplant recipient and discuss pitfalls in the clinical and laboratory diagnoses.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, St. Vincent's Hospital, 390 Victoria St., Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia. brendanoch@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: McMullan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Muthiah
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stark
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Marriott
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D003584:Cytological Techniques; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D016867:Immunocompromised Host; D008828:Microbiological Techniques; D008853:Microscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011525:Prototheca / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014180:Transplantation
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media