Cutaneous protothecosis: A case report and review of the literature

Cutis

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-131

  Hightower, Kortney D ^a,b,c   Messina, Jane L ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery

^c Department of Pathology and Medicine ^*

^d Dermatopathology Laboratory   (United States)

^e Pathology Residency Training Program

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CHLORELLA; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROTOTHECA; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 34548214819     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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