LP14843-4
Prototheca
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Description
Prototheca is an opportunistic pathogen that is a nonphotosynthetic chlorophyte (green alga) readily isolated in fungal culture. Human skin and bursal infections can be caused by at least two species of prototheca (Prototheca wickerhamii and Prototheca zopfii). Diseseminated infections occur in immunocompromised hosts. It also causes skin infections in dogs and mastistis in cows. It can be treated with the typical systemic antifungal drugs Source: Regenstrief Help , ASM
Basic Part Properties
- Part Name
- Prototheca
- Part Display Name
- Prototheca
- Part Type
- Component (Describes the core component or analyte measured)
- Created On
- 2000-05-04
- Construct for LOINC Short Name
- Prototheca
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Language Variants Get Info
| Tag | Language | Translation |
|---|---|---|
| zh-CN | Chinese (China) | 竖毛窃蠹 Synonyms: 窃蠹; |
| es-ES | Spanish (Spain) | Protheca |
| it-IT | Italian (Italy) | Prototheca |
| ru-RU | Russian (Russian Federation) | Prototheca |
| fr-BE | French (Belgium) | Prototheca |
| fr-CA | French (Canada) | Prototheca |
| tr-TR | Turkish (Turkey) | Prototheca |
| nl-NL | Dutch (Netherlands) | prototheca |
| pl-PL | Polish (Poland) | Prototheca Synonyms: Prototheca |
| el-GR | Greek (Greece) | Φύκη Prototheca Synonyms: Φύκη Prototheca |
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