Algaemia

Algaemia refers to the condition where green algae is found in the blood.

It has been observed in an immunocompetent patient after removal of a Hickman catheter.^[1]

In cows, it has been observed to be caused by Prototheca blaschkeae.^[2]

In humans, it has been observed to be caused by Prototheca wickerhamii.^[3]

References

↑ Gaur, S.; Marrin, C.; Barnes, R. (2009). "Disseminated protothecosis following traumatic Hickman line removal in a patient with leukaemia". Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology 48 (2): 1–4. doi:10.1080/13693780903188698. PMID 19688631.
↑ Thompson, G.; Silva, E.; Marques, S.; Muller, A.; Carvalheira, J. (2009). "Algaemia in a dairy cow by Prototheca blaschkeae". Medical mycology : official publication of the International Society for Human and Animal Mycology 47 (5): 1–5. doi:10.1080/13693780802566341. PMID 19301176.
↑ Mohabeer, A. J.; Kaplan, P. J.; Southern Jr, P. M.; Gander, R. M. (1997). "Algaemia due to Prototheca wickerhamii in a patient with myasthenia gravis". Journal of clinical microbiology 35 (12): 3305–3307. PMC 230169. PMID 9399541.

Protozoan infection: Chromalveolate and Archaeplastida (A07, B50–B54,B58, 007, 084)

Chromalveolate

Alveolate

Apicomplexa

Conoidasida/ Coccidia	Coccidia: Cryptosporidium hominis/Cryptosporidium parvum Cryptosporidiosis Cystoisospora belli Isosporiasis Cyclospora cayetanensis Cyclosporiasis Toxoplasma gondii Toxoplasmosis

Aconoidasida	Plasmodium falciparum/vivax/ovale/malariae Malaria Blackwater fever Babesia Babesiosis

Ciliophora

Balantidium coli
- Balantidiasis

Heterokont

Archaeplastida

Algaemia: Prototheca wickerhamii
- Protothecosis

Abnormal clinical and laboratory findings for blood tests (R70–R79, 790)

Red blood cells

Size	Anisocytosis Macrocyte Microcyte

Shape	Poikilocytosis membrane abnormalities: Acanthocyte Codocyte Ovalocyte Spherocyte Dacrocyte Echinocyte Schistocyte Degmacyte Drepanocyte Stomatocyte Knizocyte

Hemoglobinization	Anisochromia Hypochromia

Inclusion bodies	Developmental Howell–Jolly body Basophilic stippling Pappenheimer bodies Cabot rings Hemoglobin precipitation Heinz body

Other	Rouleaux Reticulocyte Elevated ESR

Lymphocytes

Small molecules

Blood sugar	Hypoglycemia Hyperglycemia Prediabetes Impaired fasting glucose Impaired glucose tolerance Oxyhyperglycemia

Nitrogenous	Azotemia Hyperuricemia Hypouricemia

Proteins

LFT	Elevated transaminases Elevated ALP Hypoproteinemia Hypoalbuminemia

Other	Elevated cardiac markers Elevated alpha-fetoprotein

Minerals

Iron overload disorder

Pathogens/sepsis

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