Disseminated Prototheca wickerhamii infection with arthritis and tenosynovitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1861-1865

  Pascual, Joan S ^a,b   Balos, Lucia L ^a,b   Baer, Alan N ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Dept of Clin Pathol/Anat Sci ^*  (United States)

^c ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; Algae; Infectious arthritis; Prototheca; Tenosynovitis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ALGA; CHLORELLA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; MALE; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTHECA WICKERHAMII; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS NODULE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TENOSYNOVITIS; WOUND HEALING;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ARTHRITIS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTOTHECA; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 4444224483     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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