title: Pulmonary Protothecosis in a Pediatric Liver Transplant Patient.
abstract: Immunocompromised patients are susceptible to infections from common and unusual microorganisms. Protothecosis is seldom suspected on clinical grounds, yet it is readily diagnosed once detected in the laboratory. We report the first pediatric liver transplant recipient with pulmonary protothecosis, detected during an episode of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia, and we conducted a review of the available literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Ronald M R
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Marion M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Aw
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Seng Hock
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Quak
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, Khoo Teck Puat - National University Children's Medical Institute, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Si Min
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chan
keywords: algae; amphotericin B; liver transplant; opportunistic infection; protothecosis