title: Experimental mycetoma due to Streptomyces griseus in the laboratory mice.
abstract: A study was performed to investigate the ability of Streptomyces griseus to cause experimental mycetoma in the skin and in the foot pads of mice. The lesions appeared as palpable subcutaneous nodules discharging pale yellow cheesy pus and granules of S. griseus. The inoculated foot pads of the mice also developed nodular lesions which later became oedematous with bone destruction and fibrosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Gugnani
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Unaogu
mesh_terms: D000193:Actinomycetales Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D051379:Mice; D008271:Mycetoma / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013305:Streptomyces griseus / Q000502:physiology*