Humphrey Shannon, Martinka Magdalena, Lui Harvey
Departments of Dermatology and Skin Science and Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, CIHT Skin Research Training Centre, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
J Cutan Med Surg. 2009 Sep-Oct;13(5):273-5. doi: 10.2310/7750.2009.08040.
Prototheca species are ubiquitous achlorophyllic algae that can, in rare instances, manifest as cutaneous infection in humans at sites of traumatic inoculation into the skin.
We report a 77-year-old man who developed cutaneous protothecosis at the site of an iatrogenic tape-stripping type injury. The diagnosis was confirmed by histologic examination and tissue culture. The patient responded completely to a 17-week course of oral fluconazole.
Cutaneous protothecosis can present clinically as nonspecific indolent inflammatory plaques that require skin biopsy for definitive diagnosis.
原藻属是无处不在的无叶绿素藻类，在罕见情况下，可在皮肤创伤接种部位引发人类皮肤感染。
我们报告一名77岁男性，在医源性胶带剥离样损伤部位发生皮肤原藻病。通过组织学检查和组织培养确诊。患者对17周的口服氟康唑疗程完全有效。
皮肤原藻病临床上可表现为非特异性惰性炎性斑块，需要进行皮肤活检以明确诊断。
