Pulmonary botryomycosis in a patient with AIDS.
We describe the clinical and pathologic findings of the first reported case of pulmonary botryomycosis in a patient with AIDS. Botryomycosis is an uncommon, chronic, suppurative disease that is often mistaken clinically and histologically for a fungal infection. The patient responded to systemic antibiotic therapy.
Department of Medicine and Pathology, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn 11215, USA.
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D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D011023:Pneumonia, Staphylococcal / Q000175:diagnosis; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*