Microbiology
Freshwater algae. Prototheca wickerhamii and Prototheca zopfii.
Epidemiologic Risks
Exposure to freshwater often with trauma.
Syndromes
Acute skin lesions (PubMed) and disseminated disease in solid organ transplants (PubMed) and other poor hosts (Review).
Colitis in inherited Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9 (CARD9) deficiency (PubMed).
Treatment
Azoles are used and amphotericin B (perhaps the best) (PubMed).
Notes
Last update: 08/12/18