Prototheca wickerhamii peritonitis in patients on peritoneal dialysis;Peritonitis pro prototheca wickerhamii en pacientes en diálisis peritoneal

Nefrologia

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-82

  Pérez Melón, Cristina ^a,c   Camba, M ^a   Tinajas, A ^b   Otero, A ^a   Iglesias, A ^a   Armada, E ^a   Esteban, J ^a  

^a Servicio de Nefrologia

^b Servicio de Microbiología

^c CHOU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Peritoneal dialysis; Peritonitis; Prototheca

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHLORELLA; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS;

ADULT; HUMANS; INFECTION; MALE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PERITONITIS; PROTOTHECA;

EID: 34447099778     PISSN: 02116995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Fungal peritonitis complicating peritoneal dialysis during an 11-year period: report of 46 cases. Clin Infect Dis 1; 36 (7): 927-31, 2003.
2. Sands M, Poppel D, Brown R. Peritonitis due to Prototheca wickerhamii in a patient undergoing chronic ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Rev Infect Dis 13: 376-8, 1991.
3. Wals SV, Jonson RA, Tahan SR. Protothecosis: an unusual cause of chronic subcutaneous and soft tissue infection. Am J Dermatopathol 20 (4): 379-82, 1998.
4. Raz R, Rottem M, Bisharat N, Sakran W, Nussinson E, Trougouboff Sobel J. Intestinal protothecosis in a patient with chronic mucocutanea candidiasis. Clin Infect Dis 27 (2): 399-400, 1998.
5. Van Bezooijen BP, Newling DW. Protothecosis of the urinary tract. J Urol 167 (1): 252, 2002.
6. Mohabeer AJ, Kaplan PJ, Southern PM Jr, Gander RM. Algaemia due to Prototheca wickerhamii in a patient with myasthenia gravis. J Clin Microbiol 35 (12): 3305-7, 1997.
7. Gibb AP, Aggarwal R, Swainson CP. Successful treatment of Prototheca peritonitis complicating continuos ambulatory peritoneal dialysis. Journal of Infection 22: 183-185, 1991.
8. Kantrow SM, Boyd AS. Protothecosis. Dermatol Clin 21 (2): 249-55, 2003.
9. Thiele D, Bergmann A. Protothecosis in human medicine. Int J Hyg Environ Health 204 (5-6): 297-302, 2002.
10. Okuyama Y, Hamaguchi T, Teramoto T, Takiuchi I. A human case of protothecosis successfully treated with itraconazole. Nippon Ishinkin Gakkai Zasshi 42 (3): 143-7, 2001.
11. Lee W, Lagios MD, Leonards R. Wound infection by Prototheca wickerhamii, a saprophytic alga pathogenic for man. J Clin Microbiol 2: 62-6, 1975.
12. Venezio FR, Lavoo E, Williams JE, Zeiss CR, Caro WA, Mangkorn-kanok-Mark M, Phair JP. Progressive cutaneous protothecosis. Am J Clin Pathol 77: 485-93, 1982.