Protothecosis in a patient with T cell lymphocytic leukemia

FERNÁNDEZ, MARIANA S.; ROJAS, FLORENCIA D.; CATTANA, MARÍA E.; MUSSIN, JAVIER E.; DE LOS ÁNGELES SOSA, MARÍA; BENZONI, CARLOS D.; GIUSIANO, GUSTAVO E.

REVISTA ARGENTINA DE MICROBIOLOGíA

ASOCIACION ARGENTINA MICROBIOLOGIA

Año: 2016 vol. 49 p. 224 - 227

0325-7541

Human protothecosis is a rare infection caused by algae of the genus Prototheca. Prototheca wickerhamii has been recognized as the main species that causes infection in immunocompromised hosts with deficits in innate or cellular immunity. We report a case of persisting subcutaneous protothecosis in a patient with T-cell large granular lymphocyte leukemia, who also presented a history of disseminated histoplasmosis.