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Cutaneous protothecosis following a tape-stripping injury.

Shannon S Humphrey, Magdalena M Martinka, and Harvey H Lui

J Cutan Med Surg 13(5):273-5 (2009) PMID 19769837

Prototheca species are ubiquitous achlorophyllic algae that can, in rare instances, manifest as cutaneous infection in humans at sites of traumatic inoculation into the skin.

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