ReviewMycopathologia2020
Emergence of Fungal-Like Organisms: Prototheca.
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- Phenotypic and molecular characterization of Prototheca wickerhamii from a Brazilian case of human systemic protothecosis.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2024Article
- In vitro susceptibility testing of phytochemicals from essential oils against Prototheca species.The Journal of veterinary medical science · 2024Article
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- Human protothecosis: A case report in northeastern Brazil.Medical mycology case reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
The genus Prototheca consists of achlorophyllic algae that are ubiquitous in the environment and animal intestines. However, this organism has forfeited its photosynthetic ability and switched to parasitism. In 1894, Krüger described two microorganisms isolated in Germany from mucous flux of Tilia and Ulmus spp., namely Prototheca moriformis and P. zopfii. Based on their yeast-like colony morphology, Krüger classified these organisms as fungi. The genus is now included within the class Trebouxiophyceae, order Chlorellales, and family Chlorellaceae. Historically, protothecosis and infections caused by green algae have been studied in the field of medical mycology. Prototheca spp. have been found to colonize human skin, fingernails, the respiratory tract, and digestive system. Although human infection by Prototheca is considered rare, an increase in infections has been noted among immunosuppressed patients, those on corticosteroid treatment, or both. Moreover, the first human outbreak of protothecal algaemia and sepsis was recently reported in a tertiary care chemotherapy oncology unit in 2018. Prototheca is also a causative pathogen of bovine disease. Prototheca zopfii and P. blaschkeae are associated with bovine mastitis, which causes a reduction in milk production and secretion of thin, watery milk containing white flakes. Economic losses are incurred either directly via reduced milk production and premature culling of affected animals or indirectly as a result of treatment and veterinary care expenses. Thus, knowledge of this fungal-like pathogen is essential in human and veterinary medicine. In this mini-review, I briefly introduce human and animal protothecoses.
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