| Title | Red grain botryomycosis due to Staphylococcus aureus - A novel case report. | | Author(s) | Katkar V, Mohammad F, Raut S, Amir R | | Institution | Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Nagpur 440 003, India. vyankateshkatkar@yahoomail.com. | | Source | Indian J Med Microbiol 2009 Oct-Dec; 27(4):370-2. | | Abstract | Staphylococcus aureus and some other bacteria are known to cause botryomycosis. These bacteria are known to produce yellowish-white soft grains. Only Actinomadura pelletieri is known to produce red grains. We report here a case of an intensely inflammatory type of botryomycosis. A 35-year-old male labourer presented with swelling, redness and multiple sinuses on his foot, of eight months duration. The purulent discharge contained bright red coloured grains, 0.5 to 1 mm in size, which were round to oval in shape. Gram-positive cocci were demonstrated in crushed granules and tissue sections. Culture yielded pure and heavy growth of Staphylococcus aureus . He responded very well to cefazolin. There is no other report of such red grain botryomycosis due to Staphylococcus aureus , available in literature. This is first case report of its kind in world literature. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19736413 |
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