A case of human protothecosis

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Authors

P.O. Wakelin · University of Sierra Leone

Abstract

A case of spreading skin disease due to invasion by an achloric alga is briefly described. The organisms had invaded the dermis and were identified as a new species of Prototheca, P. sebwema. This is the first proved case of a human infection due to an alga. The morphological and cultural characteristics of the organism have been described.

Topics & Keywords

Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows Infectious Diseases and Mycology

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Life in Land

Publication Details

Published in: Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volume 58, Issue 5, pp. 448-451

DOI: 10.1016/0035-9203(64)90094-x

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