Abstract

Cutaneous protothecosis is a rare skin infection, caused by the genus prototheca, especially Prototheca wickerhamii. A 73-year-old woman had a painful, ulcerative patch and oozing plaque on left wrist and dorsum of hand for 2 months. Biopsy specimen revealed thick walled morula-like sporangia in the dermis. P. wickerhamii was isolated in the culture. Oral itraconazole therapy for 8 weeks is not satisfactory. New skin lesion is formed. After oral fluconazole therapy, patient's skin lesion is improved.

Keywords

Cutaneous protothecosis Prototheca wickerhamii Fluconazole

KJMM 2007 June;12(2):70-74(5). Epub 2016 February 19
Copyright © 2007 by Korean Journal of Medical Mycology

Language

Korean/English

Author

Hyung-sik Moon; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Eulji University
June Hyun-kyung Lee; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Eulji University
Kun Park; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Eulji University
Jung-don Chae; Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Eulji University
Sook-ja Son; Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Eulji University

Corresponding

Sook-ja Son, Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Eulji University. Tel: (02) 970-8277, Fax: (02) 974-1577, e-mail: ssjmdderma@eulji.or.kr

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Acknowledgements

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Hyung-sik Moon

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Eulji University

June Hyun-kyung Lee

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Eulji University

Kun Park

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Eulji University

Jung-don Chae

Department of Laboratory Medicine, College of Medicine, Eulji University

Sook-ja Son

Department of Dermatology, College of Medicine, Eulji University

Since epub date 2016 February 19