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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 12 1997, 3305-3307, Vol 35, No. 12
Copyright © 1997 by the American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Algaemia due to Prototheca wickerhamii in a patient with myasthenia gravis [In Process Citation]

AJ Mohabeer, PJ Kaplan, PM Southern Jr and RM Gander
Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 75235-9072, USA.

Prototheca wickerhamii is a rare cause of systemic infection in humans. While some cases occur in previously healthy individuals, others are associated with a variety of preexisting diseases. Here we present, for the first time, a case of P. wickerhamii algaemia in a patient with myasthenia gravis. The patient was successfully treated with amphotericin B.

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