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Algaemia due to Prototheca wickerhamii in a patient with myasthenia gravis
A J Mohabeer1, P J Kaplan, P M Southern
1Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 75235-9072, USA.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology
|December 17, 1997
Abstract:
Prototheca wickerhamii is a rare cause of systemic infection in humans. While some cases occur in previously healthy individuals, others are associated with a variety of preexisting diseases. Here we present, for the first time, a case of P. wickerhamii algaemia in a patient with myasthenia gravis. The patient was successfully treated with amphotericin B.