Case Report

A Rare Case of Prototheca Algaemia in a Patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and Recent Belimumab Infusion

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Yeast-like cells of variable sizes resembling endospores contained in a sporangiospore seen on a wet mount prepared using lactophenol cotton blue, reported as Prototheca based on the morphology of the organism. Courtesy of the Department of Pathology-Microbiology at Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida.
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