Bollinger granules

Bol·lin·ger gran·ules

(bol'in-gĕr), 1. relatively small, but frequently microscopically visible, pale yellow or yellow-white granules observed in the granulomatous lesion, or the exudate, in botryomycosis; the granules consist of irregular aggregates or colonizations of gram-positive cocci, usually staphylococci; 2. term sometimes incorrectly used synonymously with Bollinger bodies (q.v.).

Bollinger,

Otto, German pathologist, 1843-1909. Bollinger bodies - intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies observed in the infected tissues of birds with fowlpox.Bollinger granules - irregular aggregates or colonizations of gram-positive cocci, usually staphylococci, observed in lesions of botryomycosis.