title: [A case of cutaneous protothecosis].
abstract: The paper describes a case of a rare opportunistic infection, such as skin lesion caused by achlorophyllic unicellular algae of the genus Prototheca. It provides a detailed pathologic description of the foci of cutaneous protothecosis, such as pandermal inflammatory infiltrate, granulomas, pseudoepitheliomatous hyperplasia, and intraepidermal abscesses. Criteria for pathogen detection in histological sections are given.
authors.affiliation: M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Kazantseva
authors.affiliation: M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Molochkov
authors.affiliation: Healthy Skin Center, Polyclinic One Hundred and Twenty-Nine, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Sukhov
authors.affiliation: M.F. Vladimirsky Moscow Regional Research Clinical Institute, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Bondarenko
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011525:Prototheca / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000503:physiopathology*