Protothecosis algaemia in a patient presenting with septic arthritis: A rare case of Prototheca zopfii isolated from Malaysia

被引：5

作者：

Palaniappan, Prem Ananth ^{[1
]}

Abot, Cassandra Anne ^{[2
]}

Tap, Ratna Mohd ^{[1
]}

Amran, Fairuz ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Minist Hlth Malaysia, Natl Inst Hlth, Inst Med Res, Mycol Sect,Bacteriol Unit,Infect Dis Res Ctr, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

[2] Univ Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

来源：

IDCASES | 2021年 / 24卷

关键词：

Prototheca zopfii; Protothecosis; Algaemia; Septic arthritis; CUTANEOUS PROTOTHECOSIS;

D O I：

10.1016/j.idcr.2021.e01121

中图分类号：

R51 [传染病];

学科分类号：

100401 ;

摘要：

Prototheca species have been reported to cause infections in human. Typically, clinical symptoms of protothecosis include cutaneous infection, olecranon bursitis, tenosynovitis and disseminated systemic disease. We report a case of septic arthritis in which Prototheca zopfii was isolated from blood. Joint aspirate was also sent for cultures but did not yield any growth. No other organisms were isolated from this patient during his admission. The blood isolate was identified to species level via Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method. The patient improved with administration of intravenous itraconazole. (C) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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