title: Botryomycosis. A bacterial cause of mycetoma.
abstract: Botryomycosis is a chronic, granulomatous, bacterial infection in which grains are produced. Clinically, it may not be distinguished from a mycetoma of fungal origin. A case is reported in which the causative organisms were Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology