%0 Journal Article
%T Botryomycosis or metastatic tuberculous abscess - A clinical dilemma to a dermatologist?
%V 10
%N 4
%P 364-366
%U http://www.odermatol.com/issue-in-html/2019-4-12-botryomycosis/
%X Cutaneous botryomycosis is a chronic focal infection characterised by a granulomatous inflammatory response to bacterial pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus and occasionally Pseudomonas, Escherichia coli, Proteus, Streptococcus, etc. Early diagnosis and treatment with specific antibiotics alongwith surgical debridement is recommended. Cutaneous metastatic tuberculous abscess and scrofuloderma also presents as subcutaneous swellings and multiple discharging sinuses. A twenty two year old female patient presented with multiple erythematous subcutaneous lesions over lower back, buttocks and bilateral inguinal region, most of which were discharging purulent material since two years. This case is being reported because of the clinical dilemma it poses to the dermatologists.
%G en
%J Our Dermatology Online
%A Chojer, Parul
%A Mahajan, B.B.
%A Budhwar, Jyoti
%D 2019-10-03