Botryomycosis caused by fusobacteria
Gudat, W.; Böckers, M.; Bräuninger, W.
Der Hautarzt; Zeitschrift für Dermatologie Venerologie und verwandte Gebiete 43(7): 448-450
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0017-8470 PMID: 1506205 Document Number: 403576
In the Anglo-American literature botrymycosis is described as a chronic cutaneous granulomatous reaction to bacterial infection, containing granules resembling the sulphur granules seen in actinomycosis. The diagnostic and therapeutic aspects are discussed with reference to a recently observed patient. Fusobacterium nucleatum was isolated as the bacterial cause of the pathologic disorder.