TY - JOUR
T1 - Cutaneous Protothecosis
T2 - Successful Treatment with Amphotericin B
AU - Mayhall, C. Glen
AU - Miller, Charles W.
AU - Eisen, Arthur Z.
AU - Kobayashi, George S.
AU - Medoff, Gerald
PY - 1976/12
Y1 - 1976/12
N2 - A patient had cutaneous protothecosis because of the alga-like organism, Prototheca wickerhamii. In vitro sensitivity tests showed that the organism was sensitive to amphotericin B, and the patient was treated successfully with this polyene antibiotic. As with treatment of some fungal infections, a clinical response was achieved when therapy with low doses of amphotericin B was given during a short period of time. The basis of the amphotericin B response may have been due to a combination of its immunostimulatory and antibiotic properties.
AB - A patient had cutaneous protothecosis because of the alga-like organism, Prototheca wickerhamii. In vitro sensitivity tests showed that the organism was sensitive to amphotericin B, and the patient was treated successfully with this polyene antibiotic. As with treatment of some fungal infections, a clinical response was achieved when therapy with low doses of amphotericin B was given during a short period of time. The basis of the amphotericin B response may have been due to a combination of its immunostimulatory and antibiotic properties.
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U2 - 10.1001/archderm.1976.01630370037008
DO - 10.1001/archderm.1976.01630370037008
M3 - Article
C2 - 1008567
AN - SCOPUS:0017050289
SN - 2168-6068
VL - 112
SP - 1749
EP - 1752
JO - A. M. A. archives of dermatology and syphilology
JF - A. M. A. archives of dermatology and syphilology
IS - 12
ER -