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Cutaneous botryomycosis in a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

J Am Acad Dermatol. 1987 Jan;16(1 Pt 2):238-42. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE MED/87138545
Patterson JW; Kitces EN; Neafie RC

Abstract: A patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome presented with multiple pruritic papules and nodules over the trunk and extremities. Biopsy specimens from two of these lesions contained granules within abscesses of the papillary dermis. There were numerous gram-positive cocci within the granules. Culture of one lesion failed to produce growth. A mouse inoculated with tissue from a lesion revealed no evidence of sepsis or organ involvement. The skin lesions showed no obvious response to systemic antimicrobial therapy but gradually resolved after treatment had been discontinued. Such lesions should be clinically distinguished from other cutaneous manifestations of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, such as Kaposi's sarcoma.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*COMPLICATIONS Adult Animal Biopsy, Needle Case Report Female Human Male Mice Mice, Inbred BALB C Prurigo/ETIOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Skin/IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Skin Diseases, Infectious/*ETIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Staphylococcal Infections/ETIOLOGY/IMMUNOLOGY/PATHOLOGY Support, Non-U.S. Gov't JOURNAL ARTICLE

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