A Case of Cutaneous Botryomycosis of the Lower Leg in a Young Adult Male

We present a case of cutaneous botryomycosis of the lower leg in a young adult male. Botryomycosis is a chronic granulomatous response to bacterial infection. As a cutaneous lesion, it can easily be mistaken for a malignant, autoimmune or inflammatory mass. We were able to successfully treat our pat...

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Autores principales: Aziz, Fadie, Ong, Ferdinand, Parikh, Roneil N, Hamilton, Auerilius E
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8396417/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34466304
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16502
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author Aziz, Fadie
Ong, Ferdinand
Parikh, Roneil N
Hamilton, Auerilius E
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description We present a case of cutaneous botryomycosis of the lower leg in a young adult male. Botryomycosis is a chronic granulomatous response to bacterial infection. As a cutaneous lesion, it can easily be mistaken for a malignant, autoimmune or inflammatory mass. We were able to successfully treat our patient with primary surgical excision, vacuum-assisted closure (V.A.C.™) dressing and subsequent split thickness skin graft (STSG). Use of a V.A.C. dressing with subsequent grafting has not previously been reported in the literature. 
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spelling pubmed-83964172021-08-30 A Case of Cutaneous Botryomycosis of the Lower Leg in a Young Adult Male Aziz, Fadie Ong, Ferdinand Parikh, Roneil N Hamilton, Auerilius E Cureus Pathology We present a case of cutaneous botryomycosis of the lower leg in a young adult male. Botryomycosis is a chronic granulomatous response to bacterial infection. As a cutaneous lesion, it can easily be mistaken for a malignant, autoimmune or inflammatory mass. We were able to successfully treat our patient with primary surgical excision, vacuum-assisted closure (V.A.C.™) dressing and subsequent split thickness skin graft (STSG). Use of a V.A.C. dressing with subsequent grafting has not previously been reported in the literature.  Cureus 2021-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8396417/ /pubmed/34466304 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16502 Text en Copyright © 2021, Aziz et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Aziz, Fadie
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A Case of Cutaneous Botryomycosis of the Lower Leg in a Young Adult Male
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title_sort case of cutaneous botryomycosis of the lower leg in a young adult male
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8396417/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.16502
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