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Selected ReportsPulmonary Botryomycosis in a Patient With AIDS
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Clinical Data
A 36-year-old heterosexual male, chronic smoker presented with a history of blood-streaked sputum and cough for 3 days. He had no history of fever, chills, shortness of breath, persistent cough, weight loss, nor any exposure to tuberculosis.
The physical and clinical examination disclosed no abnormalities except for severe human papilloma virus infection involving the penis. The CBC count and differential cell counts were within normal limits. A chest x-ray film showed a single mass, 5 cm in
DISCUSSION
Botryomycosis is a chronic suppurative lesion with characteristic grain formation in the pus caused by bacteria and frequently is mistaken for a fungal infection. It was first described in horses in 1870 by Bollinger4 and termed botryomycosis (Greek botrys for bunch of grapes and mycosis for fungal origin) by Rivolta5 who thought it was a fungal infection. It was Magrou6 who established the bacterial origin of botryomycosis in 1919, by isolating Staphylococcus aureus from an equine lesion and
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