title: Tuberculous botryomycosis of the hand: case report.
abstract: We report a case of a 17-year-old boy who presented with botryoid lesions of both hands. These lesions resembled those of cutaneous botryomycosis. We treated him with surgical debridement and were unable to isolate infective agents initially. However, 3 months later Mycobacterium tuberculosis grew in the culture. One year of antituberculous drug therapy resulted in healing of the lesions.
authors.affiliation: Dr Paul Brand Centre for Hand Surgery and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sreekanth
authors.affiliation: Dr Paul Brand Centre for Hand Surgery and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
authors.forename: Samuel C R
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Pallapati
authors.affiliation: Dr Paul Brand Centre for Hand Surgery and Peripheral Nerve Surgery, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Electronic address: binu@cmcvellore.ac.in.
authors.forename: Binu Prathap
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003646:Debridement; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014382:Tuberculosis, Cutaneous / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: Tuberculosis; botryomycosis; hand