Botryomycosis: a complication of extensive follicular mucinosis.
A case of extensive follicular mucinosis, without evidence of lymphoma and present for 9 years, was complicated by cutaneous botryomycosis which initially resembled sporotrichosis. Scanty Staphylococcus aureus was cultured with difficulty. No immunodeficiency could be demonstrated, and the importance of a local factor (namely follicular mucinosis) in the production of the characteristic histological reaction of botryomycosis is emphasized.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013492:Suppuration