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Laser vaporization: a novel treatment of botryomycosis
D J Leffell1, M D Brown, N A Swanson
1Yale University School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, New Haven, CT 06510.
The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology
|July 1, 1989
Abstract:
Botryomycosis is an uncommon, chronic infection of the skin most often caused by Staphylococcus aureus. It has been successfully treated using carbon dioxide laser vaporization in a case in which antibiotic therapy failed, and surgical excision was not feasible.