botryomycosis
MONDO:0400006Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names botryomycosis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare chronic suppurative bacterial infection involving mostly subcutaneous tissues and less frequently other organs. Botryomycosis is mostly caused by Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa but the exact pathogenesis remains uncertain. Treatment often requires a combination of both surgical debridement and long-term antimicrobial therapy.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0400006), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
- Narrower terms (2)
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: botryomycosis
- Also called
- bacterial pseudomycosispyoderma vegetans