title: Disseminated protothecosis manifesting with multiple, rapidly-progressing skin ulcers: successful treatment with amphotericin B.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology,, Steel Yawata Memorial Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Maho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology.
authors.forename: Takamichi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology.
authors.forename: Konosuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagae
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology.
authors.forename: Misa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakano-Nakamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Biosystemic Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Ruriko
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology.
authors.forename: Kenjiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takei
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takahara
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Uchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Dokkyo Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: Michiaki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology.
authors.forename: Masutaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furue
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011525:Prototheca; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012883:Skin Ulcer
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B