title: Disseminated protothecosis in a Mexican child.
abstract: Protothecosis is a rare human infection. There are 3 clinical forms: cutaneous, olecranon bursitis and systemic. Here we present the first case of disseminated protothecosis in Mexico in an immunocompetent girl whose lesions were mostly dermatologic. The patient was successfully treated with amphotericin B colloidal dispersion and gentamicin, followed by itraconazole.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Microbiology, Medicine Faculty, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico; and †Department of Pathology, Hospital Central "Dr. Ignacio Morones Prieto", San Luis Potosí, Mexico.
authors.forename: María Concepción
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tello-Zavala
authors.forename: Araceli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mercado-Lara
authors.forename: Nadia
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gómez-Hernández
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Recio-Martinez
mesh_terms: D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005145:Face / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005528:Foot / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D017964:Itraconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008800:Mexico; D011525:Prototheca / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D017964:Itraconazole; D000666:Amphotericin B